Public Holidays in Pakistan 2013

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 2013. 12 of them fall on working days, which leaves 249 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 2013 are Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Thursday, January 24), Kashmir Solidarity Day (Tuesday, February 5), Pakistan Day (Saturday, March 23), Labour Day (Wednesday, May 1), Eid ul-Fitr (Thursday, August 8), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Friday, August 9), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Saturday, August 10), Independence Day (Wednesday, August 14), Eid ul-Adha (Tuesday, October 15), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Wednesday, October 16), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Thursday, October 17), Ashura (Tuesday, November 12), Ashura (day 2) (Wednesday, November 13) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Wednesday, December 25).

There are 2 long weekends of three days or more in 2013: Aug 8–Aug 11 (4 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Oct 15–Oct 17 (3 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.