Pakistan public holidays for 2024 announced; Check full list

ISLAMABAD – The federal government on Wednesday announced public holidays calendar for both public and private sector for the year of 2024. The Public and Optional Holidays regarding festivals of Muslims and Minorities in Pakistan for the Calendar Year 2024.

Government servants desiring to avail themselves of Optional Holidays shall take prior permission of the Head of Office concerned and no Government Servant shall be granted more than one optional holiday in the case of Muslims and three optional holidays for Non-Muslims in a calendar year,” read the circular.

The grant of this concession should not result in any dislocation of work. In the case of Muslim optional holidays, the number of persons permitted to avail optional holidays should be regulated in a manner so that adequate staff is available for proper continuance of the work, it added.