Pakistan public holidays for 2019

by Public Holiday News

Lahore, Jan 9th 2019

Pakistan, Wednesday 9th January, 2019

The schedule for public and optional holidays in Pakistan has been released.

The Interior Ministry has issued a circular with the details of the public holidays expected during 2019.

Note that some of the holidays are dependent on the sighting of moon and may be subject to change.

In addition to the public holidays, banks will be closed to customers on three dates in 2019; 1st January, 6th May and 1st July.

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Weekday	Date	Holiday	Comments
Tuesday	Jan 01	Bank Holiday	Banks are closed
Tuesday	Feb 05	Kashmir Solidarity Day
Monday	Feb 18	Public Holiday	Islamabad
Thursday	Mar 21	Holi	Sindh only
Saturday	Mar 23	Pakistan Day
Wednesday	Apr 03	Shab e-Meraj	Sindh only
Thursday	Apr 04	Public Holiday	Sindh
Wednesday	May 01	Labour Day	International Workers' Day
Monday	May 06	Bank Holiday	Banks are closed
Tuesday	Jun 04	Eid ul-Fitr Holiday
Wednesday	Jun 05	Eid ul-Fitr	End of Ramadan
Thursday	Jun 06	Eid ul-Fitr Holiday
Friday	Jun 07	Eid ul-Fitr Holiday
Monday	Jul 01	Bank Holiday	Banks are closed
Monday	Aug 12	Eid ul-Azha	Feast of the Sacrifice
Tuesday	Aug 13	Eid ul-Azha Day 2
Wednesday	Aug 14	Independence Day	National Day
Wednesday	Aug 14	Eid ul-Azha Day 3
Thursday	Aug 15	Eid ul-Azha Day 4
Monday	Sep 09	Ashoora	9th day of Muharram
Tuesday	Sep 10	Ashoora	10th day of Muharram
Monday	Oct 14	Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai	Sindh
Thursday	Oct 24	Founding Day	Azad Kashmir
Sunday	Nov 10	Eid Milad-un-Nabi	Birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Wednesday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	Observed by Christians only
Wednesday	Dec 25	Quaid-e-Azam Day
Thursday	Dec 26	Day after Christmas	Observed by Christians only
Friday	Dec 27	Anniversary of Benazir Bhutto's Death	Sindh