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Pakistan's bank and public holidays
Full calendar of holidays, religious festivals, celebrations affecting the course of business or airline and hotels reservations during the current 3 months bank holidays, public holidays, religious celebrations and observances affecting business or travel bank holidays, public holidays, religious Pakistan's bank holidays, public holidays, religious celebrations and observances affecting business or travel in 2024
Many banks remain open on Saturday
Christian, Parsi, Sikh, Zikri, Ahmadi/Qadiani, Buddhist & Hindu communities are allowed to observe their respective religious main celebrations
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| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday april 4, 2024 | Regional holiday | Secular holiday |  |
| Wednesday april 10, 2024 | End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Thursday april 11, 2024 | End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Friday april 12, 2024 | End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Saturday april 13, 2024 | End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Thursday april 25, 2024 | Regional holiday | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Wednesday may 1, 2024 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday | |
| Monday june 17, 2024 | Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Tuesday june 18, 2024 | Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Wednesday june 19, 2024 | Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Tuesday july 16, 2024 | Ashura | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Wednesday july 17, 2024 | Ashura | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Wednesday august 14, 2024 | Independence Day | National Day | |
| Monday september 16, 2024 | Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day) | Muslim, Sufi | |
| Thursday october 24, 2024 | Regional holiday | Secular holiday | |
Regional holiday
-Thursday april 4, 2024
Secular holiday : To mark the death anniversary of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in Karachi and Lahore only
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Wednesday april 10, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Thursday april 11, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Friday april 12, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Saturday april 13, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Regional holiday
-Thursday april 25, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Ascension of Muhammad in Karachi
Labor Day/May Day
-Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Monday june 17, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Tuesday june 18, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Wednesday june 19, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Ashura
-Tuesday july 16, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Husayn ibn Ali martyrdom day, killed in the year 680 in Kerbala (Iraq) fighting injustice. paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Ashura
-Wednesday july 17, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Husayn ibn Ali martyrdom day, killed in the year 680 in Kerbala (Iraq) fighting injustice. paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Independence Day
-Wednesday august 14, 2024
Secular holiday : Pakistan was formed on August 14, 1947 with two parts in the eastern and northwestern regions of South Asia, separated by Hindu-majority India. [Wikipedia] [Wikipedia]
Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)
-Monday september 16, 2024
Muslim, Sufi :
Regional holiday
-Thursday october 24, 2024
Secular holiday : Founding Day of Azad Jammu and Kashmir state Azad Jammu and Kashmir state only
