Notification / OM No.
No. 01/01/2020-Public
Dated:
5-December-2019
Notification Issued By:
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
No. 01/01/2020-Public
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
Islamabad, the 5th December, 2019
CIRCULAR
Subject: PUBLIC AND OPTIONAL HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR, 2020.
The Public and Optional holidays regarding festivals of Muslims and Minorities for the Calendar Year 2020 would be as under:
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
Sr. No. | Name of Occasion | Days | Dates during year 2020 |
1 | Kashmir Day | Wednesday | 5th February, 2020 |
2 | Pakistan Day | Monday | 23rd March 2020 |
3 | Labour Day | Friday | 1st May 2020 |
4 | Eid-ul-Fitr (1st Shawal 1441A.H) | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday | 25th,26th and 27th May 2020 |
5 | Eid-ul-Azha (10st Ail Haj 1441A.H) | Friday, Saturday and Sunday | 31st July,1st and 2nd August 2020 |
6 | Independence | Friday | 14th August 2020 |
7 | Ashura (9th and 10th Moharram 1442 A.H) | Saturday and Sunday | 29th and 30th august |
8 | Eid Milad-un-Nabi (12th Rabi-ul-Awal 1442 A.H) | Friday | 30th October 2020 |
9 | Quaid-e-Azam Day/ Christmas | Friday | 25th December 2020 |
10 | Day after Christmas | Saturday | 26th December 2020 (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:
Sr. No. | Day/ Date |
1 | 1st January, 2020 (Wednesday) |
2 | 24th April,2020 (Friday) corresponding to 1st Ramazan 1441AH (subject to appearance of moon) |
3 | 1st July, 2020 (Wednesday) |
NOTE:Â 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 Mo Interior.
OPTIONAL HOLIDAYS
Sr. No. | Name of Occasion | Days | Dates during the year 2020 |
1. | New Year Day | Wednesday | 1 January, 2020 |
2. | Basant Punchami | Tuesday | 16th Feb 2021 |
3. | Basant Punchami | Wednesday | 29 January, 2020 |
4. | Shivaratri | Friday | 21 Feb, 2020 |
5. | Holi | Monday | 9th March 2020 |
6. | Dulhandi | Tuesday | 10 March, 2020 |
7. | Shab-e-Meraj (27 Rajab 1441 A.H) | Monday | 23 March, 2020 |
8. | Shab-e-Barat (15th Shaban 1441 A.H) | Thursday | 9th April, 2020 |
9. | Good Friday | Friday | 10th April, 2020 |
10. | Easter/Day After Easter | Sunday & Monday | 12 and 13th April, 2020 |
11. | Baisakhi | Monday | 13 April, 2020 |
12. | Eid-e-Rizwan (Bahai’s Community only) | Monday | 20th April, 2020 |
13. | Buddha Purnima | Thursday | 7th May 2020 |
14. | Janam Ashtami | Tuesday | 11th August 2020 |
15. | Nauroze (Parsi’s New Year Day) | Sunday | 16th August, 2020 |
16. | Birthday of Lord Zoroaster (Khordad Sal) | Friday | 21 August 2020 |
17. | Chehlum (20 Safar 1442 AH) | Thursday | 8 October, 2020 |
18. | Durga Pooja | Friday | 23 October, 2020 |
19. | Dussehra | Sunday | 25th October 2020 |
20. | Birthday of Guru Valmik Sawami Ji | Saturday | 31 October 2020 |
21. | Diwali | Saturday | 14th November 2020 |
22. | Guru Nanak’s Birthday | Monday | 30 November, 2020 |
23. | Giyarvee Shareef (11TH Rabi-Us-Sani 1442 AH) | Saturday | 28 November 2020 |
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. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 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.
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