Public Holidays in Pakistan 2009

There are 16 Pakistani public holidays in 2009. 11 of them fall on working days, which leaves 250 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 2009 are Ashura (Tuesday, January 6), Ashura (day 2) (Wednesday, January 7), Kashmir Solidarity Day (Thursday, February 5), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Monday, March 9), Pakistan Day (Monday, March 23), Labour Day (Friday, May 1), Independence Day (Friday, August 14), Eid ul-Fitr (Sunday, September 20), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Monday, September 21), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Tuesday, September 22), Eid ul-Adha (Friday, November 27), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Saturday, November 28), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Sunday, November 29), Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Friday, December 25), Ashura (Saturday, December 26) and Ashura (day 2) (Sunday, December 27).

There are 7 long weekends of three days or more in 2009: Mar 7–Mar 9 (3 days, Eid Milad-un-Nabi); Mar 21–Mar 23 (3 days, Pakistan Day); May 1–May 3 (3 days, Labour Day); Aug 14–Aug 16 (3 days, Independence Day); Sep 19–Sep 22 (4 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Nov 27–Nov 29 (3 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Dec 25–Dec 27 (3 days, Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas, Ashura, Ashura (day 2)).

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.