{"id":5870,"date":"2022-02-04T16:58:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T16:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=5870"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:52:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T17:52:32","slug":"complete-list-of-public-holidays-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/complete-list-of-public-holidays-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete List of Public Holidays in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government just announced a detailed list of all public and optional holidays that will be recognised across the country in 2022.<\/p>\n

According to the Cabinet Division\u2019s official notification, there will be a total of 14 public holidays, with the first being Kashmir Day, which will be commemorated on February 5th.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s have a look at all the public holidays for 2022:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sr. No.<\/strong><\/td>\nName of Occasion<\/strong><\/td>\nDay(s)<\/strong><\/td>\nDate(s)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nKashmir Day<\/td>\nSaturday<\/td>\n5 February<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nPakistan Day<\/td>\nWednesday<\/td>\n23 March<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nLabour Day<\/td>\nSunday<\/td>\n1 May<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4*<\/td>\nEid-ul-Fitr<\/td>\nTuesday, Wednesday, Thursday<\/td>\n3, 4, 5 May<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5*<\/td>\nEid-ul-Azha<\/td>\nSunday, Monday, Tuesday<\/td>\n10, 11, 12 July<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6*<\/td>\nAshura<\/td>\nSunday, Monday<\/td>\n7, 8 August<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nIndependence Day<\/td>\nSunday<\/td>\n14 August<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8*<\/td>\nEid Milad-un-Nabi<\/td>\nSunday<\/td>\n9 October<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nQuaid-e-Azam Day\/Christmas<\/td>\nSunday<\/td>\n25 December<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nDay after Christmas (only for Christian community)<\/td>\nMonday<\/td>\n26 Decembe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

On the other hand, there will be a total of 23 optional holidays. Let\u2019s have a look at them.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sr. No.<\/strong><\/td>\nOccasion<\/strong><\/td>\nDay(s)<\/strong><\/td>\nDate(s)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nNew Year Day<\/td>\nSaturday<\/td>\n1 January (already observed)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nBasant Punchami<\/td>\nSaturday<\/td>\n5 February<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nShivaratri<\/td>\nTuesday<\/td>\n1 March<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4*<\/td>\nShab-e-Meraj<\/td>\nTuesday<\/td>\n1 March<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nHoli<\/td>\nThursday<\/td>\n17 March<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nDulhandi<\/td>\nFriday<\/td>\n18 March<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7*<\/td>\nShab-e-Barat<\/td>\nFriday<\/td>\n18 March<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nBaisakhi<\/td>\nThursday<\/td>\n14 April<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nGood Friday<\/td>\nFriday<\/td>\n15 April<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nEaster\/Day after Easter<\/td>\nSunday, Monday<\/td>\n17, 18 April<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nEid-e-Rizwan<\/td>\nThursday<\/td>\n21 April<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nBuddha Purnima<\/td>\nMonday<\/td>\n16 May<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nNauroze<\/td>\nTuesday<\/td>\n16 August<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nJanam Ashtami<\/td>\nFriday<\/td>\n19 August<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nKhordad Sal<\/td>\nSunday<\/td>\n21 August<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16*<\/td>\nChehlum<\/td>\nSaturday<\/td>\n17 September<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nDurga Puja<\/td>\nMonday<\/td>\n3 October<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nDussehra<\/td>\nWednesday<\/td>\n5 October<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nBirthday of GuruValmik Sawami Ji<\/td>\nSunday<\/td>\n9 October<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nDiwali<\/td>\nMonday<\/td>\n24 October<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21*<\/td>\nGiyarvee Shareef<\/td>\nMonday<\/td>\n7 November<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nBirthday of Guru Nanak<\/td>\nTuesday<\/td>\n8 November<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Muslim employees will be given one alternative holiday, while non-Muslim employees would be granted three.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, banks will be closed for public trading on the 3rd of January (already observed), the 4th of April, and the 1st of July.<\/p>\n

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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government just announced a detailed list of all public and optional holidays that will be recognised across the country in 2022. According to the Cabinet Division\u2019s official notification, there will be a total of 14 public holidays, with the first being Kashmir Day, which will be commemorated on February 5th. Let\u2019s have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,21],"tags":[4329,3592,4328,684,4330,4326,4327,3165],"class_list":["post-5870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-news","tag-ashura","tag-eid-ul-azha","tag-eid-ul-fitr","tag-federal-government","tag-independence-day","tag-kashmir-day","tag-labour-day","tag-pakistan-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}