| 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 |
| November 9 | Iqbal Day | یوم اقبالYoum-e-Iqbal | Birthday of national poet Muhammad Iqbal |
| 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 ofQuaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah | یوم وفات قائداعظمYoum-e-Wafaat Quaid-e-Azam | Death Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam |