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Day Month Festival; 1: Muharram: New Islamic Year: First day of the Islamic calendar: 10 Muharram: Ashura: Day of Battle of Karbala: 12: Rabi' al-awwal: Eid-Milād-un-Nabī: Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad
Festival Date Observed (from year to year dates vary) Pictures Description Mela Chiraghan (Varies) Shrine of Maddho Lal Hussein, Lahore: Mela Chiraghan is a three-day annual festival to mark the urs (death anniversary) of the Punjabi Sufi poet and saint Shah Hussain (1538-1599) [16] who lived in Lahore in the 16th century.
Pakistan holidays are celebrated according to the Islamic or local Pakistani calendars for religious and civil purposes, respectively. Religious holidays such as Eid are celebrated according to the Islamic calendar whereas other national holidays such as Labour Day, [1] Pakistan Day, Independence Day, and Quaid-e-Azam Day are celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar.
In 2004, Nawa-i-Waqt, a Pakistani daily opposed Basant Panchami celebrations in Pakistan, arguing that the festival celebrated Haqiqat Rai's insult of Muhammad. [19] One major reason for the ban; a lawyer from Lahore challenged the Basant in the Lahore High Court on religious grounds. To persuade the court, the lawyer asserted that Basant was a ...
Pakistani festivals, including Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Azha, Ramazan, Christmas, Easter, Holi, and Diwali, are mostly religious in origin. [4] Increasing globalisation has resulted in Pakistan ranking 56th on the A.T. Kearney /FP Globalization Index .
During the festival, people gather in all major cities of Sindh at press clubs, and other places to arrange various activities. Literary (poetic) gatherings, mach katchehri (gathering in a place and sitting round in a circle and the fire on sticks in the center), musical concerts, seminars, lecture programs and rallies are held. [ 8 ]
Pages in category "Festivals in Pakistan" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Mela Chiraghan or Mela Shalamar (Festival of Lights) is a three-day annual festival to mark the urs (death anniversary) of the Punjabi Sufi poet and saint Shah Hussain.It takes place at the shrine of Shah Hussain in Baghbanpura, on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, adjacent to the Shalamar Gardens.