Recently, the Pakistan Government issued a notification about the public and optional holidays of the 2022 calendar. These holidays are for all provinces of Pakistan. So, In the notification, the government provided a complete and detailed schedule regarding all holidays of the 2022 year. At the same time, this announced 2022 Holidays Calendar is according to the Muslim and minorities festivals that will be experienced in 2022. These holidays are for the following categories, so, to get the complete detail read the complete article.
See Also: Eid-ul-Fitr Holidays 2022
Public Holidays 2022
The public holidays in 2022 across Pakistan will be according to the following calendar.
| S.No | Occasion | Days | Dates of the year 2022 |
| 1 | Kashmir Day | Saturday | 05 February 2022 |
| 2 | Pakistan Day | Wednesday | 23 March 2022 |
| 3 | Labour Day | Sunday | 01 May 2022 |
| 4* | Eid-ul-Fitr (1st Shawal 1443 A.H) | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | 3rd, 4th, and 5th May 2022 |
| 5* | Eid-ul-Azha (10th Zil Haj 1443 A.H) | Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday | 10,11, and 12 July 2022 |
| 6* | Ashura (9th & 10th Moharram 1444 A.H) | Sunday, Monday | 07 & 08 August 2022 |
| 7 | Independence Day | Sunday | 14 August 2022 |
| 8* | Eid Milad-un-Nabi (12th Rabi-ul-Awwal 1443 A.H) | Sunday | 9 October 2022 |
| 9 | Quaid-e-Azam Day/Christmas | Sunday | 25 December 2022 |
| 10 | Day after Christmas | Monday | 26 December 2022 (For Christians Only) |
Bank Holidays 2022
The following will be the bank holidays in 2022. During these days, the banks will remain close only for the public, not for their employees.
| 03 January 2022 | Monday |
| 04 April 2022 | Monday |
| 01 July 2022 | Friday |
Optional Holidays 2022
According to the government notification, the schedule of optional holidays in 2022 in Pakistan is the following.
| S.No | Occasion | Days | Dates for the year 2022 |
| 1 | New Year Day | Saturday | 1 January 2022 |
| 2 | Basant Punchami | Saturday | 5 February 2022 |
| 3 | Shivaratri | Tuesday | 1 March 2022 |
| 4* | Shab-e-Meraj (27 Rajab 1443 A.H) | Tuesday | 1 March 2022 |
| 5 | Holi | Thursday | 17 March 2022 |
| 6 | Dulhandi | Friday | 18 March 2022 |
| 7* | Shab-e-Barat (15th Shaban 1443 A.H) | Friday | 18 March 2022 |
| 8 | Baisakhi | Thursday | 14 April 2022 |
| 9 | Good Friday | Friday | 15 April 2022 |
| 10 | Easter / Day after Easter Sunday | Sunday / Monday | 17 and 18 April 2022 |
| 11 | Eid-e-Rizwan (Bahai’s Community only) | Thursday | 21 April 2022 |
| 12 | Buddha Purnima | Monday | 16 May 2022 |
| 13 | Nauroze (Parsi’s New Year Day) | Tuesday | 16 August 2022 |
| 14 | Janam Ashtami | Friday | 19 August 2022 |
| 15 | Birthday of Lord Zoroaster (Khordad Sal) | Sunday | 21 August 2022 |
| 16* | Chehlum (20 Safar 1444 A.H) | Saturday | 17 September 2022 |
| 17 | Durga Pooja | Monday | 03 October 2022 |
| 18 | Dussehra | Wednesday | 05 October 2022 |
| 19 | Birthday of Guru Valmik Sawami Ji | Sunday | 09 October 2022 |
| 20 | Diwali | Monday | 24 October 2022 |
| 21 | Giyarvee Shareef (11th Rabi-Us-Sani 1444 A.H) | Monday | 07 November 2022 |
| 22 | Guru Nanak Dev Jee Birthday | Monday | 08 November 2022 |
- The Holidays Containing the asterisk sign (*) means that these holidays can be changed according to the moon sight.
However, below we have also attached the official notification constant the co complete calendar of 2022 holidays in Pakistan.
