Date

English Name

Local Name

Remarks

March 23

Pakistan Day

یوم پاکستان

Yom-e-Pakistan

Commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution, when a separate nation for the Muslims of The British Indian Empire was demanded.

May 1

Labor day (May Day)

یوم مزدور

Yom-e-Mazdoor

Labor day in Pakistan

August 14

Independence Day

یوم آزادی

Yom-e-Azaadi

Commemorates Pakistan's independence from the United Kingdom on August 14, 1947

November 9

Birthday of Muhammad Iqbal

یوم اقبال

Yom-e-Iqbal

Birthday of national poet Muhammad Iqbal

December 25

Birthday of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

یوم ولادت قائداعظم

Yom-e-Viladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam

Birthday of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah founder/father of Pakistan

Dates following the Lunar Islamic calendar

Dhul Hijja 10 & 11

Eid ul-Adha

عید الاضحٰی

Commemorates the end of Hajj. The sacrifice offered on this day commemorates Abrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son, occurs on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja

Shawwal 1 & 2

Eid-ul-Fitr

عيد الفطر

Commemorates end of Ramadan (Ramazan). It occurs on the 1st and 2nd day of Shawwal

Rabi`-ul-Awwal 12

Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi

عيد ميلاد النبی

Birthday of Prophet Muhammad. It occurs on the 12th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal

Muharram 9 & 10

Ashura

عاشوراء

Martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain. It occurs on 9th and 10th day of Muharram

Rajab

Shab-e-Miraj

شب معراج

It occurs on 27th of Rajab

Date

English Name

Local Name

Remarks

September 6

Defence Day

یوم دفاع

Yom-e-Difa

Commemorates the official start of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

September 11

Death Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

یومِ وفات قائداعظم

Quaid-e-Azam ki Yom-e-Wafaat

Death Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam