Govt announces 14 public holidays for year 2019

The Pakistan Federal government have released the list of public holidays for 2019

According to a notification issued by Pakistan Interior Ministry, there will be 14 public holidays in 2019, including Kashmir Day, Pakistan Day, Labour Day, Eidul Fitr, Eidul Azha, Independence Day, Ashura, Eid Miladun Nabi (PBUH) and Quaid-e-Azam Day.

“In case of Muslim festivals, the dates of holidays are based on anticipated dates and are subject to appearance of moon for which a separate notification will be issued by the Ministry of Interior,” the notification read.

The notification also highlights that there will be three bank holidays. Banks will be closed for public on 1 January, 6 May and 1 July 2019. Note that bank employees are still required to attend work.The federal government also listed 23 optional holidays for government officials, including New Year’s Day, Basant, Shiv Ratri, Holi, Dulhandi, Shab-e-Mairaj, Good Friday, Easter and Nauroz. “Government officials desiring to avail optional holidays shall take prior permission of the head of office concerned and no government servant, who is Muslim, shall be granted more than one optional holiday. Non-Muslims can be granted three optional holidays in Calendar Year 2018-19,” the notification added.

National holidays in Pakistan in 2019

Day	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
Monday	Sep 09	Ashoora	9th day of Muharram
Tuesday	Sep 10	Ashoora	10th day of Muharram
Sunday	Oct 13	Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai	Sindh only. 14th Safar
Sunday	Nov 10	Eid Milad-un-Nabi	Date to be confirmed
Wednesday	Dec 25	Quaid-e-Azam Day
Wednesday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	Observed by Christians only
Thursday	Dec 26	Day after Christmas	Observed by Christians only