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Date and time notation in Pakistan is based on the Gregorian and Islamic calendars. Pakistan has not officially adopted any time and date representation standard ...
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.
10 January – Pakistan International Airlines resumes flights to Paris for the first time since the European Union lifted a 2020 ban on the airline from operating in its airspace. [9] 13 January – Eight Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in two raids by security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [10]
In some Islamic countries, like Iran and Afghanistan, Friday is the weekly holiday. Calculating the day of the week is easy, using an anchor date. One good such date is Sunday, 1 Farvardin 1372, which equals 21 March 1993. Assuming the 33-year cycle approximation, move back by one weekday to jump ahead by one 33-year cycle.
Islamic calendar stamp issued at King Khalid International Airport on 10 Rajab 1428 AH (24 July 2007 CE). The Hijri calendar (Arabic: ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, romanized: al-taqwīm al-hijrī), or Arabic calendar, also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days.
Islamic New Year; Official name: Arabic: رأس السنة الهجرية Raʿs as-Sanah al-Hijrīyah: Also called: Hijri New Year: Observed by: Muslims: Type: Islamic: Begins: Last day of Dhu al-Hijjah: Ends: 1 Muharram: Date: 29/30 Dhu al-Hijjah – 1 Muharram: 2024 date: 7 – 8 July 2024: 2025 date: 25 – 26 June 2025 (estimated)
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Some festivals in Punjab, Pakistan are determined by the Punjabi calendar, [4] such as Muharram which is observed twice, once according to the Muslim year and again on the 10th of harh/18th of jeth. [5] The Punjabi calendar is the one the rural (agrarian) population follows in Punjab, Pakistan. [6] [note 1]