Govt announces public holidays for 2023

The announcement for the public holidays and elective holidays for 2023 was released by the Cabinet Division on Monday.

In Pakistan, the Muslim and minority festivals would fall on the following public and optional holidays in 2023:

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, Monday	April 22,23,24
4	Labour Day	Monday	May 1
5	Eid-ul-Azha	Thursday, Friday, 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)

The days after that are bank holidays. Today, however, the Banks, DFLs, and MFBs will remain closed to the general public but not to their staff:

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

The dates of holidays for Muslim festivities are determined by anticipated dates. The Cabinet Division will send out a separate notification if the moon makes an appearance; otherwise, they are subject to it.

SR No	Name of occasion	Days	Date
1	New Year Day	Sunday	January 1
2	Basant Panchami	Thursday	January 26
3	Shiv Ratri	Saturday	18
4	Shab-e-Mairaj	Saturday	February 18
5	Holi	Monday	March 6
6	Dulhandi	Tuesday	March 7
7	Shab-e-Barat	Wednesday	March 8
8	Good Friday	Friday	April 7
9	Day After Easter	Monday	April 10
10	Baisakhi	Friday	April 14
11	Eid-e-Rizwan	Friday	April 21
12	Buddha Purnima	Friday	July 7
13	Nauroze	Wednesday	August 16
14	Birthday of Lord Zoroaster	Monday	August 21
15	Chehlum	Wednesday	September 6
16	Janam ashtami	Thursday	September 7
17	Durga Poja	Monday	October 23
18	Dussehra	Tuesday	October 24
19	Giyarhvi Shareef	Friday	October 27
20	Birthday of Guru Valmik Swami Ji	Saturday	October 28
21	Diwali	Sunday	November 12
22	Guru Nanak Dev Ji Birthday	Monday	November 27