Public holidays 2026 in Pakistan
There are 16 public holidays in 2026.
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Local name | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Kashmir Solidarity Day | |||
| Friday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) | Eid-ul-Fitr (estimated) | ||
| Saturday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) | Eid-ul-Fitr (estimated) | ||
| Sunday | Eid al-Fitr (estimated) | Eid-ul-Fitr (estimated) | ||
| Monday | Pakistan Day | |||
| Friday | Labor Day | Labour Day | ||
| Wednesday | Eid al-Adha (estimated) | Eid-ul-Adha (estimated) | ||
| Thursday | Eid al-Adha (estimated) | Eid-ul-Adha (estimated) | ||
| Thursday | Youm-e-Takbeer | |||
| Friday | Eid al-Adha (estimated) | Eid-ul-Adha (estimated) | ||
| Wednesday | Ashura (estimated) (expected date, subject to moon sighting) | |||
| Thursday | Ashura (estimated) | |||
| Friday | Independence Day | |||
| Tuesday | Prophet's Birthday (estimated) (expected date, subject to moon sighting) | Eid Milad-un-Nabi (estimated) | ||
| Monday | Iqbal Day | |||
| Friday | Quaid-e-Azam Day |
Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.
Long weekends 2026
13 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:
| Take leave | Off | Days of leave | Days off | Ratio | Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Feb, Tue 3 Feb, Wed 4 Feb | 31 Jan – 5 Feb 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Kashmir Solidarity Day |
| Fri 6 Feb | 5 Feb – 8 Feb 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Kashmir Solidarity Day |
| Mon 16 Mar, Tue 17 Mar, Wed 18 Mar, Thu 19 Mar | 14 Mar – 23 Mar 2026 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Pakistan Day |
| Tue 24 Mar, Wed 25 Mar, Thu 26 Mar, Fri 27 Mar | 20 Mar – 29 Mar 2026 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Eid al-Fitr (estimated), Pakistan Day |
| Mon 27 Apr, Tue 28 Apr, Wed 29 Apr, Thu 30 Apr | 25 Apr – 3 May 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Labor Day |
| Mon 25 May, Tue 26 May | 23 May – 31 May 2026 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | Eid al-Adha (estimated), Eid al-Adha (estimated), Eid al-Adha (estimated) |
| Mon 22 Jun, Tue 23 Jun | 20 Jun – 25 Jun 2026 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Ashura (estimated), Ashura (estimated) |
| Fri 26 Jun | 24 Jun – 28 Jun 2026 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Ashura (estimated), Ashura (estimated) |
| Mon 10 Aug, Tue 11 Aug, Wed 12 Aug, Thu 13 Aug | 8 Aug – 16 Aug 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Independence Day |
| Mon 24 Aug | 22 Aug – 25 Aug 2026 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Prophet's Birthday (estimated) |
| Wed 26 Aug, Thu 27 Aug, Fri 28 Aug | 25 Aug – 30 Aug 2026 | 3 | 6 | 2 | Prophet's Birthday (estimated) |
| Tue 10 Nov, Wed 11 Nov, Thu 12 Nov, Fri 13 Nov | 7 Nov – 15 Nov 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Iqbal Day |
| Mon 21 Dec, Tue 22 Dec, Wed 23 Dec, Thu 24 Dec | 19 Dec – 27 Dec 2026 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | Quaid-e-Azam Day |
Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.
Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.
Sources
- Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code PK (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (country not covered) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
- Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.pk) (retrieved Sep 27, 2026)
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Other years
- Public holidays 2026
- Public holidays 2027