Public Holidays in Pakistan 2021

There are 14 Pakistani public holidays in 2021. 10 of them fall on working days, which leaves 251 working days after 104 weekend days.

The Pakistani public holidays in 2021 are Kashmir Solidarity Day (Friday, February 5), Pakistan Day (Tuesday, March 23), Labour Day (Saturday, May 1), Eid ul-Fitr (Thursday, May 13), Eid ul-Fitr (day 2) (Friday, May 14), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3) (Saturday, May 15), Eid ul-Adha (Tuesday, July 20), Eid ul-Adha (day 2) (Wednesday, July 21), Eid ul-Adha (day 3) (Thursday, July 22), Independence Day (Saturday, August 14), Ashura (Tuesday, August 17), Ashura (day 2) (Wednesday, August 18), Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Monday, October 18) and Quaid-e-Azam Day & Christmas (Saturday, December 25).

There are 4 long weekends of three days or more in 2021: Feb 5–Feb 7 (3 days, Kashmir Solidarity Day); May 13–May 16 (4 days, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr (day 2), Eid ul-Fitr (day 3)); Jul 20–Jul 22 (3 days, Eid ul-Adha, Eid ul-Adha (day 2), Eid ul-Adha (day 3)); Oct 16–Oct 18 (3 days, Eid Milad-un-Nabi).

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.