Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Interior has issued Notification on 05-12-2019 in connection with Optional and Public Holidays 2020. The Public and Optional holidays regarding festivals of Muslims and Minorities for the calendar Year 2020 would be as under: Detail is as under:
Detail of Public Holidays 2020
| Sr. | 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) |
From the above chart you can see that most of these gazette holidays 2020 falls on Friday for the Federal Government employees of Pakistan.
- 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) |
Optional 2020
Only one optional holiday can be granted to a Muslim Government employee and three for the non-Muslim Government employee in one calendar year. You can see more details at the copy of the Notification of Optional and Public Holidays 2020. Special thanks to Mr. Zahid Khan & Mr. Zia ur Rehman who sent the copy of this Notification. This year Government announced Holiday on 28th Oct 2019 for Diwali too for the Hindu Community.
