Public Holidays in Pakistan 2008

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 2008. 12 of them fall on working days, which leaves 250 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 2008 are Ashura (Friday, January 18), Ashura (day 2) (Saturday, January 19), Kashmir Solidarity Day (Tuesday, February 5), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Thursday, March 20), Pakistan Day (Sunday, March 23), Labour Day (Thursday, May 1), Independence Day (Thursday, August 14), Eid ul-Fitr (Wednesday, October 1), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Thursday, October 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Friday, October 3), Eid ul-Adha (Monday, December 8), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Tuesday, December 9), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Wednesday, December 10) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Thursday, December 25).

There are 3 long weekends of three days or more in 2008: Jan 18–Jan 20 (3 days, Ashura, Ashura (day 2)); Oct 1–Oct 5 (5 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Dec 6–Dec 10 (5 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)).

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.