Public Holidays in Pakistan 1998

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 1998. 13 of them fall on working days, which leaves 248 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 1998 are Eid ul-Fitr (Thursday, January 29), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Friday, January 30), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Saturday, January 31), Kashmir Solidarity Day (Thursday, February 5), Pakistan Day (Monday, March 23), Eid ul-Adha (Tuesday, April 7), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Wednesday, April 8), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Thursday, April 9), Labour Day (Friday, May 1), Ashura (Wednesday, May 6), Ashura (day 2) (Thursday, May 7), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Tuesday, July 7), Independence Day (Friday, August 14) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Friday, December 25).

There are 6 long weekends of three days or more in 1998: Jan 29–Feb 1 (4 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Mar 21–Mar 23 (3 days, Pakistan Day); Apr 7–Apr 9 (3 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); May 1–May 3 (3 days, Labour Day); Aug 14–Aug 16 (3 days, Independence Day); 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.