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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

  • Currency: Rupee (PKR)
  • Internet extension: .pk - Telephone code: +92 - International dialing code: 00
    Many banks remain open on Saturday
    Christian, Parsi, Sikh, Zikri, Ahmadi/Qadiani, Buddhist & Hindu communities are allowed to observe their respective religious main celebrations
    GMT offset: +5 (DST: no)
    2021 calendar confirmed
  • Weekend: Sunday
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    Friday march 1, 2024Half-day holidaySecular holiday
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    Saturday march 2, 2024Regional holidaySecular holiday
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    Tuesday march 5, 2024Optional holidayHinduism
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    Saturday march 9, 2024Optional holidayHinduism
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    Wednesday march 20, 2024Regional holidaySecular holiday
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    Thursday march 21, 2024Regional holidaySecular holiday
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    Friday march 22, 2024Regional holidaySecular holiday
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    Saturday march 23, 2024Pakistan Resolution DaySecular holiday
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    Monday march 25, 2024Optional holidayHinduism
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    Friday march 29, 2024Optional holidayCatholic or protestant
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    Thursday april 4, 2024Regional holidaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday april 10, 2024End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Thursday april 11, 2024End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Friday april 12, 2024End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Thursday april 25, 2024Regional holidayMuslim, Sufi
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Monday june 17, 2024Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Tuesday june 18, 2024Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Wednesday june 19, 2024Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Tuesday july 16, 2024AshuraMuslim, Sufi
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    Wednesday july 17, 2024AshuraMuslim, Sufi
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    Wednesday august 14, 2024Independence DayNational Day
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    Monday september 16, 2024Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day)Muslim, Sufi
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    Half-day holiday

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    Friday march 1, 2024
    Secular holiday : Residents are advised to prepare for potentially heavy rainfall. in Karachi

    Regional holiday

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    Saturday march 2, 2024
    Secular holiday : To mark the annual urs celebrations of Hazrat Shah Hussain, popularly known as Madhu Lal Hussain. in Lahore only

    Optional holiday

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    Tuesday march 5, 2024
    Hinduism : All Hindu employees of all autonomous, semi-autonomous, and government organizations that fall under the adminisare given holidays on the occasion of Holi.

    Optional holiday

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    Saturday march 9, 2024
    Hinduism : Maha Shivaratri Hindu community

    Regional holiday

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    Wednesday march 20, 2024
    Secular holiday : Sibghatullah Shah Rashidi's day: a spiritual leader of the Hur Freedom Movement during Pakistan's freedom struggle against British colonialists. Sindh state only [Wikipedia]

    Regional holiday

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    Thursday march 21, 2024
    Secular holiday : In view of the 23rd March, Pakistan Day Parade in Rawalpindi

    Regional holiday

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    Friday march 22, 2024
    Secular holiday : In view of the 23rd March, Pakistan Day Parade in Rawalpindi

    Pakistan Resolution Day

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    Saturday march 23, 2024
    Secular holiday : On 23rd of March, 1940, at the Muslim League's 27th session, under Quaid-e-Azam's leadership, Mr. A.K. Fazlul Haq moved a resolution and demanded a separate sovereign state for the Muslims in the North West and Eastern zones of the Indian Sub-continent. Actual name of celebration is RESOLUTION DAY.

    Optional holiday

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    Monday march 25, 2024
    Hinduism : Holi / Holika / Medin Poya/Dola Purnima Hindu community

    Optional holiday

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    Friday march 29, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Good Friday Christian community

    Regional holiday

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    Thursday april 4, 2024
    Secular holiday : To mark the death anniversary of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in Karachi and Lahore only

    End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Wednesday april 10, 2024
    Muslim, Sufi :

    End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Thursday april 11, 2024
    Muslim, Sufi :

    End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Friday april 12, 2024
    Muslim, Sufi :

    Regional holiday

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    Thursday april 25, 2024
    Muslim, Sufi : Ascension of Muhammad in Karachi

    Labor Day/May Day

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    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)

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    Monday june 17, 2024
    Muslim, Sufi :

    Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Tuesday june 18, 2024
    Muslim, Sufi :

    Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Wednesday june 19, 2024
    Muslim, Sufi :

    Ashura

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    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

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    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

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    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)

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    Monday september 16, 2024
    Muslim, Sufi :