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Government of Pakistan Ministry of Interior
No.3/1/2000-Public
Islamabad, the 23rd December, 2000.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:
PUBLIC AND OPTIONAL HOLIDAYS FOR THE YEAR --2001
The undersigned is directed to say that the following Public and Optional Holidays shall be observed in the offices of the Federal Government and the Provincial Government during the calendar year, 2001:-
| Sr. # | Name of Occasion | Days | Dates |
| 1. | Kashmir Day | Monday | 05th February, 2001 |
| 2. | Eid-ul-Azha* | Tuesday & Wednesday | 06th & 07th March, 2001 |
| 3. | Pakistan Day | Friday | 23rd March, 2001 |
| 4. | Moharram (Ashura)* | Wednesday & Thursday | 04th & 05t April, 2001 |
| 5. | May Day | Tuesday | 1st May, 2001 |
| 6. | Eid Milad-ud-Nabi* (PBUH) | Tuesday | 05th June, 2001 |
| 7. | Independence Day | Tuesday | 14th August, 2001 |
| 8. | Iqbal Day | Friday | 09th November, 2001 |
| 9. | Eid-ul-Fitr* | Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday | 17th, 18th & 19th December, 2001 |
| 10. | Birth Day of Quaid-e-Azam/Christmas | Tuesday | 25th December, 2001 |
(* Subject to appearance of Moon)
2. The following will be bank holidays. However, on these days the banks will remain
closed for public but NOT for their employees:-
i) 1st January, 2001 on Monday.
ii) 2nd July, 2001 on Monday.
iii) 17th November, 2001 on Saturday corresponding to 1st Ramzan (1422).
3. Holidays for Muslim Festivals are subject to appearance of moon for which a separate
Notification will be issued.
OPTIONAL HOLIDAYS FOR THE FEDERATION AND THE PROVINCES
| Sr. # | Name of Occasion | Days | Dates |
| 1. | New Year Day | Monday | 01st January, 2001 |
| 2. | Basant Punchami | Monday | 29th January, 2001 |
| 3. | Shivaratri | Wednesday | 21st February, 2001 |
| 4. | Holi | Friday | 09th March, 2001 |
| 5. | Dulhandi | Saturday | 10th March, 2001 |
| 6. | Baisakhi | Friday | 13th April, 2001 |
| 7. | Good Friday | Friday | 20th April, 2001 |
| 8. | Easter Sunday | Sunday | 22nd April, 2001 |
| 9. | Buddha Purnima | Monday | 07th May, 2001 |
| 10. | Chelum | Monday | 14th May, 2001 |
| 11. | Giarhwin Sharif | Tuesday | 3rd July, 2001 |
| 12. | Janam Ashtami | Sunday | 12th August, 2001 |
| 13. | Nauroze (Parsi New Year) | Tuesday | 21st August, 2001 |
| 14. | Birthday of Lord Zoraster (Khordad Sal) | Sunday | 26th August, 2001 |
| 15. | Shab-e-Meraj | Monday | 15th October, 2001 |
| 16. | Durga Puja | Wednesday | 24th October, 2001 |
| 17. | Dusshera | Friday | 26th October, 2001 |
| 18. | Birthday of Guru Balmik Swamiji | Thursday | 01st November, 2001 |
| 19. | Shab-e-Barat | Thursday | 01st November, 2001 |
| 20. | Divali | Wednesday | 14th November, 2001 |
| 21. | Guru Nanak Birthday | Friday | 30th November, 2001 |
| 22. | Day after Christmas | Wednesday | 26th December, 2001 (Only for Christians) |
NOTE: In the case of Muslim Festivals the dates of optional holidays are based on
anticipated dates and are subject to appearance of moon.
2. Government servants desiring to avail themselves of optional holidays shall take prior
permission of the Head of Office concerned and no government servant shall be granted more
than one optional holiday in the case of Muslims and three optional holidays in the case
of non-Muslims, in a calendar year.
3. The grant of this concession should not result in any dislocation of work. In the case
of Muslim optional holidays, the number of persons permitted to avail optional holidays
should be regulated in a manner so as to leave adequate staff for proper continuance of
the work.
4. The optional holidays are denominational and may be allowed at the discretion of the
Head of the Office, provided the state of work permits.
5. A government servant should not ordinarily be refused an optional holiday which is of
religious significance to him ad the refusal is likely to decrease the number of such
holiday to which e is entitled.
Sd/-
(MUHAMMAD RAMZAN JAVAID)
Section Officer (Public)
Tel: 051/9209832
All Ministries/Division etc of the Federal Government, Islamabad/Rawalpindi
Copy forwarded to:
1. President’s Secretariat (Personal), OSD (Admn), Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad.
2. President’s Secretariat (Public), Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad.
3. Chief Executive Office, Islamabad.
4. Chief Executive’s Secretariat, Islamabad.
5. Chief Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, Lahore/Sindh, Karachi/NWFP,
Peshawar/Balochistan, Quetta.
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