Public Holidays in Pakistan 1972

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 1972. 12 of them fall on working days, which leaves 248 working days after 106 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 1972 are Eid ul-Adha (Thursday, January 27), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Friday, January 28), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Saturday, January 29), Kashmir Solidarity Day (Saturday, February 5), Ashura (Thursday, February 24), Ashura (day 2) (Friday, February 25), Pakistan Day (Thursday, March 23), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Wednesday, April 26), Labour Day (Monday, May 1), Independence Day (Monday, August 14), Eid ul-Fitr (Wednesday, November 8), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Thursday, November 9), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Friday, November 10) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Monday, December 25).

There are 6 long weekends of three days or more in 1972: Jan 27–Jan 30 (4 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Feb 24–Feb 27 (4 days, Ashura, Ashura (day 2)); Apr 29–May 1 (3 days, Labour Day); Aug 12–Aug 14 (3 days, Independence Day); Nov 8–Nov 12 (5 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Dec 23–Dec 25 (3 days, Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas).

The weekend in Pakistan is Saturday and Sunday. Holidays that fall on a weekend are shown in the list.

Federal public holidays. Islamic holidays depend on the moon sighting in Pakistan and are often a day later than shown.

Dates marked tentative follow the moon: Islamic holidays use the Umm al-Qura calendar and depend on the moon sighting, and festival dates for years without an official list are estimated. The official date can differ by a day.