Written by fakhar
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17 July 2009
| DATE | ENGLISH NAME | LOCAL NAME | DETAILS | | March 23 | Pakistan Day | Yom-e-Pakistan | Commemorates Pakistan Resolution on March 23, 1940 in Lahore. | | May 01 | Labour Day | Yom-e-Karegar | Labour day in Pakistan | | August 14 | Independence Day | Yom-e-Istiqlal | Commemorates Pakistan's independence from the United Kingdom on August 14th, 1947 | | September 06 | Defence Day | Yom-e-Difa | Defence Day | | September 11 | Death Aniversary of Quaid | Yom-e-Wafat-e-Quaid-Azam | Death anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah | | November 09 | Birthday of Allama Iqbal | Yom-e-Viladat-t-Iqbal | Birthday of national poet Muhammad Iqbal | | December 25 | Birthday of Quaid | Yom-e-Viladat-e-Quaid | Birthday of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, | | December 25 | Christmas | Eid-ul-Milad-ul-Maseeh | Christmas | |
| Dates following the lunar Islamic Calendar | | Dhul Hijja 10 | Eid-ul-Adha, (----) | Commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, occurs on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja | | Shawwal 01 | Eid-ul-Fitr, (----) | Commemorates end of Ramadan (Ramazan). It occurs on the 1st day of Shawwal | | Rabi`-ul-Awwal 12 | Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, (----) | Birthday of Prophet Muhammad. It occurs on the 12th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal | | Moharram 10 | Ashura, (----) | Martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain. It occurs on the 10th day of Muharram | | Ramadan last Friday | Jumu'ah-tul-Wida, (----) | It occurs on last Friday in Ramadan before Eid-ul-Fitr | |
