Public and optional holidays for 2023 in Pakistan announced

Public holidays for 2023 have been announced!

You can now mark the new calendars to plan your programs for upcoming vacations.

The Cabinet Division on Monday issued the notification for public and optional holidays for 2023.

In the case of Muslim festivals, the dates of holidays are based on anticipated dates. They are subject to the moon’s appearance, for which the Cabinet Division will issue a separate notification.

The Public and Optional Holidays regarding the Muslim and minorities festival in Pakistan for 2023 are going to be as follows:

Public Holidays

SR No	Name of occasion	Days	Dates
1	Kashmir Day	Sunday	February 5
2	Pakistan Day	Thursday	March 23
3	Eid-ul-Fitr	Saturday, Sunday, and Monday	April 22,23,24
4	Labour Day	Monday	May 1
5	Eid-ul-Azha	Thursday, Friday, and Saturday	June 29,30, July 1
6	Ashura (9th,10 Muharram)	Thursday, Friday	July 27, 28
7	Independence Day	Monday	August 14
8	Eid-Milad-un-Nabi	Thursday	September 28
9	Allama Iqbal Day	Thursday	November 9
10	Quaid-e-Azam Day/Christmas	Monday	December 25
11	Day after Christmas	Tuesday	December 26(Only for Christians)

 

Bank Holidays

The Banks/DFLs/MFBs will remain closed to the public but not to their employees on the following days:

Sr No	Date
1	January 2 (Monday)
2	March 22 (Wednesday)
3	July 3 (Monday)

Optional Holidays