Holidays

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Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
February 5	Kashmir Solidarity Day	یوم یکجحتی کشمیرYoum-e-Yekjehty-e-Kashmir	Protest against Indian administration in Jammu and Kashmir.
March 23	Pakistan Day	یوم پاکستانYoum-e-Pakistan	Commemorates the Lahore Resolution, which formally demanded an independent Muslim-majority state to be created out of the British Indian Empire; the republic was also declared on this day in 1956
May 1	Labour Day (May Day)	یوم مزدورYoum-e-Mazdoor
May 5	Mairaj (Mairaj Day)	شب معراج
August 14	Independence Day	یوم آزادیYoum-e-Azadi	Marking Pakistani independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
December 25	Christmas Day	Christmas
December 25	Birthday of Quaid-e-Azam (Great Leader) and Christmas Day	یوم ولادت قائداعظمYoum-e-Viladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam	Birthday of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan
Dates of the (lunar) Islamic calendar
Dhul Hijja 10	Eid ul-Adha	عید الاضحٰی	Marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage; sacrifices offered on this day commemorate Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son
Shawwal 1	Eid-ul-Fitr	عيد الفطر	Marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan
Rabi`-ul-Awwal 12	Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi	عيد ميلاد النبی	Birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
Muharram 9&10	Ashura	عاشوراء	Marks the end of the mourning for the martyred Imam Hussein ibn Ali
National Holidays
September 6	Defence Day	یوم دفاعYoum-e-Difa	Commemorates the official start of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
September 11	Death Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah	یوم وفات قائداعظمYoum-e-Wafaat Quaid-e-Azam	Death Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam