Federal Government announced Public And Optional Holidays For The Year 2017-Notification

Islamabad, the 11^th January, 2017

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Subject:                       PUBLIC AND OPTIONAL HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR, 2017

Following Public and Optional holidays for the Calendar Year 2017 is being notified:

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

Sr. No.	Name of Occasion	Days	Dates during year 2017
1	Kashmir Day	Sunday	5th February, 2017
2	Pakistan Day	Thursday	23rd March, 2017
3	Labor Day	Monday	1st May, 2017
4	Eid-ul-Fitr, (1st Shawal 1438 A.H)	Tuesday & Wednesday	27th & 28th June, 2017
5	Independence Day	Monday	14th August, 2017
6	Eid-ul-Azha, (10th Zil Haj 1438 A.H)	Friday, Saturday & Sunday	1st, 2nd & 3rd September, 2017
7	Ashura (9th  & 10th  Moharrurn 1439 A.H)	Saturday & Sunday	30th September & 1st  October, 2017
8	Eid Milad-un-Nabi (12 Rabi-ul- Awal 1438 A.H)	Friday	1ST  December , 2017
9	Quaid-e-Azam Day/Christmas	Monday	25th December, 2017
10	Day after Christmas	Tuesday	26th December, 2017 (For Christians only)

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

• 2^nd January 2017 (Monday)
• 27^th May 2017 (Saturday) corresponding to 1^st Ramzan 1438 A.H subject to appearance of moon.
• 2^rd July 2017 (Monday)

Note: Holidays for Muslims Festivals are subject to appearance of moon for which a separate Notification will be issued by Ministry of Interior.

OPTIONAL HOLIDAYS

Sr. No.	Name of Occasion	Days	Dates during the year 2017
1	New Year Day	Sunday	1st January, 2017
2	Giarhwin Sharief (11 Rabi-us-Sani 1438 A.H)	Monday	30th January, 2017
3	Basant Punchami	Wednesday	1st February, 2017
4	Shivratri	Friday	24th February, 2017
5	Dulhandi	Sunday	12th March, 2017
6	Holi	Monday	13th March, 2017
7	Good Friday	Friday	14th April, 2017
8	Baisakhi Festival	Friday	14th April, 2017
9	Easter	Sunday	16th April, 2017
10	Day After Easter	Monday	17th April, 2017
11	Eid-e-Rizwan (Bahai’s Community only)	Friday	21st April, 2017
12	Shab-e-Meraj (27 Rajab 1438 A.H)	Tuesday	25th April, 2017
13	Buddha Purnima	Friday	28th April, 2017
14	Shab-e-Barat (15 Shaban 1438 A.H)	Friday	12th May, 2017
15	Janam Ashtami	Tuesday	15th August, 2017
16	Nauroze (Parsi’s New Year Day)	Thursday	17th August, 2017
17	Birthday of Lord Zoroaster (Khordad Sal)	Tuesday	22nd August, 2017
18	Durga Puja	Thursday	21st September, 2017
19	Birthday Guru Valmik Sawami Jee	Friday	30th September, 2017
20	Dussehra	Saturday	14th October, 2017
21	Diwali	Thursday	19th October, 2017
22	Guru Nanak’s Birthday	Saturday	04th  November, 2017
23	Chelum (20 Safar 1439 A.H)	Friday	10th November, 2017

Note:

            In case of Muslim Festivals the dates of Holidays are based on anticipated dates and are subject to appearance of Moon.

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 as to adequate staff is available for proper continuance of the work.

5. The Optional Holidays are denominational and may be allowed at the discretion of the Head of Office, provided that work is not suffered.

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

Deputy Secretary (Law-II)