Public Holidays in Pakistan 1981

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 1981. 10 of them fall on working days, which leaves 251 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 1981 are Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Monday, January 19), Kashmir Solidarity Day (Thursday, February 5), Pakistan Day (Monday, March 23), Labour Day (Friday, May 1), Eid ul-Fitr (Saturday, August 1), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Sunday, August 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Monday, August 3), Independence Day (Friday, August 14), Eid ul-Adha (Thursday, October 8), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Friday, October 9), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Saturday, October 10), Ashura (Friday, November 6), Ashura (day 2) (Saturday, November 7) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Friday, December 25).

There are 8 long weekends of three days or more in 1981: Jan 17–Jan 19 (3 days, Eid Milad-un-Nabi); Mar 21–Mar 23 (3 days, Pakistan Day); May 1–May 3 (3 days, Labour Day); Aug 1–Aug 3 (3 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Aug 14–Aug 16 (3 days, Independence Day); Oct 8–Oct 11 (4 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Nov 6–Nov 8 (3 days, Ashura, Ashura (day 2)); Dec 25–Dec 27 (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.