Federal Government announced Public And Optional Holidays For The Year 2022-Notification

Islamabad, the 17^th December, 2021

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Subject:   PUBLIC AND OPTIONAL HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR 2022

The Public and Optional Holidays regarding festivals of Muslims and Minorities in Pakistan for the Calendar Year 2022 would be as under:-

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

Sr.#	Name of Occasion	Days	Dates during year 2022
1	Kashmir Day	Saturday	5th  February, 2022
2	Pakistan Day	Wednesday	23rd  March, 2022
3	Labour Day	Sunday	1st  May, 2022
4	Eid-ui-Fitr,(1st  Shawal 1443 A.H.)	Tuesday, Wednesday,  Thursday	3rd  , 4th  , 5th  May, 2022
5	Ed-ul-Azha, (10th Zil Haj 1443  A.H.)	Sunday, Monday,  Tuesday	10th, 11th , 12th July, 2022
6	Ashura (9th   & 10th  Moharram 1444 A.H.)	Sunday, Monday	7th  , 8th August, 2022
7	Independence Day	Sunday	14th  August, 2022
8	Eid Milad-un-Nabi (12th  Rabi-ul- Awwal 1444 A.H)	Sunday	9th  October, 2022
9	Quaid- i -Azam Day/ Christmas	Sunday	25th December, 2022
10	Day after Christmas	Monday	26th  December, 2022 (For Christians only)

• The following will be Bank Holidays. However, on these days the Banks/DFIs/MFBs will remain closed for public but NOT for their employees:

Sr.#	Day/ Date
1	3rd January, 2022 (Monday)
2	4th April, 2022 (Monday) corresponding to 1st Ramazan 1443 A.H. for deduction of Zakat(subject to appearance of moon)
3	1st July, 2022 (Friday)

OPTIONAL HOLIDAYS

Sr.#	Name of Occasion	Days	Dates during year 2022
1	New Year Day	Saturday	1st   January, 2022
2	Basant Punchami	Saturday	5th   February, 2022
3	Shivaratri	Tuesday	1st  March, 2022
4	Shab-e-Meraj (27th  Rajab 1443 A.H)	Tuesday	1st  March, 2022
5	Holi	Thursday	17th  March, 2022
6	Dulhandi	Friday	18th  March, 2022
7	Shab-e-Barat (15th  Shaban 1443 A.H)	Friday	18th  March, 2022
8	Baisakhi	Thursday	14th   April, 2022
9	Good Friday	Friday	15th   April, 2022
10	Easter/ Day After Easter Sunday	Sunday, Monday	17th , 18th April, 2022
11	Eid-e-Rizwan (Bahai’s Community only)	Thursday	21st   April, 2022
12	Buddha Purnima	Monday	16th May, 2022
13	Nauroze (Parsi’s New Year Day)	Tuesday	16th  August, 2022
14	Janam Ashtami	Friday	19th August, 2022
15	Birthday of Lord Zoroaster (Khordad Sal)	Sunday	21st  August, 2022
16	Chehlum (20th Safar 1444 AH)	Saturday	17th  September, 2022
17	Durga Puja	Monday	3rd October, 2022
18	Dussehra	Wednesday	5th  October, 2022
19	Birthday of Guru Valmik Sawami Ji	Sunday	9th  October, 2022
20	Diwali	Monday	24th  October, 2022
21	Giyarvee Shareef (11th  Rabi- us-Sani 1444 A.H)	Monday	7th  November, 2022
22	Guru Nanak Dev Jee Birthday	Tuesday	8th  November, 2022

NOTE: 

• In case of Muslim Festivals, the dates of Holidays are based on anticipated dates and are subject to appearance of moon for which a separate notification will be issued by Cabinet Division.

3. 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.

4. 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. The optional holidays are denominational and may be allowed at the discretion of the Head of Office, provided that work does not suffer.

5. A Government Servant should not ordinarily be refused an Optional Holiday that is of religious significance and the refusal is likely to decrease the number of such holidays to which he/she is entitled. 

Section Officer (Min-ll)