Public Holidays in Pakistan 2006

There are 15 Pakistani public holidays in 2006. 13 of them fall on working days, which leaves 247 working days after 105 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 2006 are Eid ul-Adha (Tuesday, January 10), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Wednesday, January 11), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Thursday, January 12), Kashmir Solidarity Day (Sunday, February 5), Ashura (Wednesday, February 8), Ashura (day 2) (Thursday, February 9), Pakistan Day (Thursday, March 23), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Monday, April 10), Labour Day (Monday, May 1), Independence Day (Monday, August 14), Eid ul-Fitr (Monday, October 23), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Tuesday, October 24), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Wednesday, October 25), Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Monday, December 25) and Eid ul-Adha (Sunday, December 31).

There are 7 long weekends of three days or more in 2006: Jan 10–Jan 12 (3 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Apr 8–Apr 10 (3 days, Eid Milad-un-Nabi); Apr 29–May 1 (3 days, Labour Day); Aug 12–Aug 14 (3 days, Independence Day); Oct 21–Oct 25 (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); Dec 30–Jan 2 (4 days, Eid ul-Adha).

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.