List of holidays in Pakistan

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Holidays in Pakistan:

Date English Name Local Name Remarks
March 23 Pakistan Day یوم پاکستان
Yom-e-Pakistan		 Commemorates Pakistan Resolution on March 23, 1940 in Lahore
May 1 Labor Day (May Day) یوم کاریگر
Yom-e-Karegar		 Labor day in Pakistan
August 14 Independence Day یوم استقلال
Yom-e-Istiqlal		 Commemorates Pakistan's independence from the United Kingdom on August 14th, 1947
September 6 Defence Day یوم دفاع
Yom-e-Difa		 Defense Day
November 9 Birthday of Muhammad Iqbal یوم ولادت محمد اقبال
Yom-e-Viladat-e-Muhammed Iqbal		 Birthday of national poet Muhammad Iqbal
December 25 Birthday of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah;
Christmas		 یوم ولادت قائداعظم
Yom-e-Viladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam
عيد الميلاد المسيح
Eid-ul-Milad-ul-Masseh		 Birthday of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah;
Christmas
Dates following the lunar Islamic calendar
Dhul Hijja 10 Eid ul-Adha عيد الأضحى Commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, occurs on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja
Shawwal 1 Eid-ul-Fitr عيد الفطر Commemorates end of Ramadan (Ramazan). It occurs on the 1st day of Shawwal
Rabi`-ul-Awwal 12 Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi عيد ميلاد النبي Birthday of Prophet Muhammad. It occurs on the 12th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal
Muharram 10 Ashura عاشوراء Martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain. It occurs on the 10th day of Muharram
Ramadan last Friday Jumu'ah-tul-Wida جمعة الودع It occurs on last Friday in Ramadan before Eid-ul-Fitr
Ramadan last ten nights of the month Laylat al-Qadr ليلةِ القَدر It occurs on last ten nights in Ramadan

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