Government of Pakistan, Cabinet Secretariat Cabinet Division has issued a Notification on 17-12-2021 in connection with Public and Optional Holidays 2022 in Pakistan.  According to the circular, the Public and Optional Holidays regarding the festivals for Muslims and minorities in Pakistan for the calendar year 2022 would be as under:

Public and Optional Holidays 2022 Pakistan

The public holidays are for all Muslims and minorities. Optional holidays may be for the minorities only, muslins only, or for both. There are also Bank holidays for the public. During bank holidays only bank staff remains available in the bank and the bank doesn’t do any public dealings. In addition to Public, Optional, and Bank holidays there is another category of holiday that is a local holiday. Local holidays are generally celebrated at the district level.

Public Holidays 2022 in Pakistan

Amendment in Date of Moharram

According to the Notification Holidays 9th and 10th Moharram 2022, there is a bit of amendment in this Notification. According to the above Notification the 9th, and 10th Moharram fell on the 7th and 8th Aug while in the amended Notification it is falling on the 8th and 9th August 2022.

Bank Holidays 2022

As I earlier mentioned that during bank holidays bank remains open but does not do any kind of public dealings. The bank holidays for the year 2022 are as under:

2. The following will be Bank Holidays. However, these days the Banks, DFIs, MFBs will remain closed for the public but not for their employees:

Optional Holidays for the Calendar Year 2022

Cabinet Division has issued the circular regarding Optional Holidays for the Calendar Year 2022. There is a huge list of such types of leaves. Most of these holidays are for minorities except a few for Muslims.

Most Interesting Thing for Govt Employees

If we look at the schedule of 2022 Public Holidays, most of the holidays for employees are falling on Saturdays or Sundays. Kashmir Day, Labour Day, Eid-ul-Azha, Ashura. Independence Day, Eid Milad Un Nabi, and Quaid-e-Azam Day / Christmas All are falling on Sundays or Saturdays.  Only Pakistan Day 23^rd March 2022, Eid-ul-Fitr, and 10^th Moharram are falling on other days rather than Saturdays/Sundays. if we see the Public and Optional Holidays 2021 for Festivals of Muslims and Minorities, there was no such situation. Most of the holidays fell during working days.

Notification of Annual Holidays 2022 Punjab Govt

The government of the Punjab, Services and General Administration Department has issued a Notification on 14-01-2022 in connection with Public and Optional Holidays for the calendar year 2022.  These holidays are nearly the same as announced by the Federal Government of Pakistan.