Public holidays in Pakistan


Holidays in Pakistan are celebrated according to the Islamic or Gregorian calendars for religious and civil purposes, respectively. Religious holidays such as Eid are celebrated according to the Islamic calendar whereas other national holidays such as Labour Day, Pakistan Day, Independence Day, and Quaid-e-Azam Day are celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar. Seasonal festivals are celebrated according to the Bikrami calendar.

Non-religious state holidays

Islamic religious state holidays

Optional holidays

In early years of its independence, people in Pakistan used to observe many multi faith holidays such as Holi, Diwali, Christmas, etc. However, as the population of minority religions dropped - from about 14% in 1947 to 3.52% in 2017, the number of multiple-faith holidays also dropped. The main cause of the decline of the population minorities is the separation of Bangladesh, where the ratio of the non-Muslim to the toal populace was high.