PRESENTED BY: KHIZAR AHMED

FESTIVALS OF PAKISTAN
 FESTIVALS OF PAKISTAN

• PAKISTAN IS AN MULTI CULTURE COUNTRY.

• THERE ARE SEVERAL FOLKS FESTIVALS HELD

REGULARLY IN EVERY PART OF COUNTRY.

• MUSLIM FESTIVALS ARE CELEBRATED

ACCORDING TO MUSLIMS CALENDAR.

• PAKISTAN’S MAIN FESTIVALS ARE LISTED BELOW.

FOUR MAIN FESTIVALS ARE
Religiou
s
festival

Other National
festivals festivals

Cultural
festivals
RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL.

Ramadan

Eid-
Eid-Ul-
Milad-
Fitr.
Ul-Nabi

Shab-E- Eid-Ul-
Barat Azha.
 RAMADAN

• THE NINTH MONTH OF THE ISLAMIC CALENDAR IS

RAMADAN, A TIME FOR MUSLIMS TO FOCUS ON PURIFYING
THEIR SOUL THROUGH PRAYER AND SELF-SACRIFICE.
DURING RAMADAN, MORE THAN A BILLION MUSLIMS
AROUND THE WORLD OBSERVE ONE OF THE FIVE PILLARS
(DUTIES) OF ISLAM: FASTING. FASTING IS THE FOURTH
PILLAR OF ISLAM, WHICH ALLAH MADE OBLIGATORY ON
MUSLIMS IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE PROPHET’S
MIGRATION (HIJRAH) TO MEDINA . WITH THE STATEMENT: “O
YOU WHO BELIEVE, FASTING IS PRESCRIBED FOR YOU AS IT
WAS PRESCRIBED FOR THOSE BEFORE YOU, SO THAT YOU
MAY GAIN TAQWA (PIETY)” (2: 183).
 EID-UL-FITR

• EID-UL-FITR IS A RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL CELEBRATED

AT THE END OF FASTING MONTH, RAMADAN ON 1ST OF
SHAWWAL. EID UL-FITR IN PAKISTAN IS KNOWN AS
“CHHOTI (SMALL) OR MEETHI (SWEET) EID”. IT IS A
THREE DAYS CELEBRATION DURING WHICH TIME
FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHER TOGETHER FOR LONG
MEALS, THE SHARING OF GIFTS, AND RELIGIOUS
DEVOTION EID-UL-FITR IN EID DAY STARTS WITH THE
SPECIAL EID PRAYERS. PEOPLE EXCHANGE GIFTS AND
SWEET WITH EACH OTHER AND ALMS TO THE POOR
AND THE NEEDY.
 EID-UL-AZHA.

• EID-UL-AZHA IS A THREE DAYS CELEBRATION

WHEN MUSLIMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
OFFER A SACRIFICE BY SLAUGHTERING A SHEEP,
COW, OR GOAT FOLLOWING THE TRADITIONAL
ISLAMIC CUSTOMS. IT IS ALSO CALLED THE
FESTIVAL OF SACRIFICE. THE MEAT FROM THE
SACRIFICE IS SHARED BY FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS,
RELATIVES, AND ALSO DISTRIBUTED TO THE POOR
AND NEEDY.
 SHAB-E-BARAT

• SHAB-E-BARAT IS A RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL CELEBRATED

ON 14TH OF SHAABAN. THE FESTIVAL OF SHAB-E-
BARAT IS CELEBRATED WITH POMP AND ENTHUSIASM
BY MUSLIMS ALL OVER THE WORLD. MUSLIMS BELIEVE
THAT ON THE NIGHT OF SHAB-E-BARAT ALLAH WRITES
THE DESTINIES OF ALL PEOPLE FOR THE COMING YEAR
BY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE DEEDS COMMITTED BY
THEM IN THE PAST. ON THIS FESTIVAL, PRAYERS,
EXCHANGE OF SWEET DISHES AND VISITS TO FRIENDS
AND FAMILIES ARE HELD.
 EID-MILAD-UL-NABI

• EID MILAD-UN NABI IS THE BIRTHDAY OF OUR BELOVED

PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH). IT IS CELEBRATED BY
ALL THE MUSLIMS WITH RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIASM AND
SOLEMNITY ACROSS THE WORLD. IT FALLS ON THE 12TH
OF RABI’-UL-AWWAL EVERY YEAR. THIS IS A DAY OF
REMEMBRANCE FOR MUSLIMS, MARKED BY PRAYERS
AND READING OF THE HOLY QURAN.
NATIONAL FESTIVALS

Pakistan day

Independence
Quaid day
day

Iqbal day Defense day

 PAKISTAN DAY

• PAKISTAN DAY IS A MOMENTOUS MILESTONE IN THE

HISTORY OF PAKISTAN MOVEMENT. THIS EVENT IS HELD TO
MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF PAKISTAN RESOLUTION PASSED
BY THE MUSLIMS OF SOUTH ASIA ON MARCH 23, 1940 AT
MINTO PARK (NOW IQBAL PARK), LAHORE. THE NATION
COMMEMORATES THIS DAY WITH GREAT ZEAL AND
ENTHUSIASM, TO HONOR THE MOST OUTSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MUSLIMS OF SOUTH ASIA WHO
PASSED THE HISTORIC PAKISTAN RESOLUTION RESULTING IN
THE CREATION OF PAKISTAN UNDER THE DYNAMIC
LEADERSHIP OF QUAID-E-AZAM MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH; A
HOMELAND WHERE THEY COULD LIVE IN PEACE, HARMONY
AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS OF ISLAM.
 INDEPENDENCE DAY

• INDEPENDENCE DAY IS CELEBRATED WITH ZEAL AND

FERVOR IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ON AUGUST 14
WITH SPECIAL PROGRAMS ARRANGED IN ALL BIG AND
SMALL TOWNS AND RURAL AREAS. ON THIS DAY,
MEETINGS, PROCESSIONS AND RALLIES ARE HELD ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY AND THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS
DECORATED ON THIS DAY. PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS WALKS
OF LIFE DECORATE THEIR HOUSES WITH NATIONAL FLAGS
AND THE BUILDINGS, CITY SHOPPING CENTERS, BAZAARS
AND ALL THE MAIN ROADS ARE ALSO BEING ADORNED
WITH FLAGS AND FANCY LIGHTS.
 DEFENSE DAY

• THE 6TH OF SEPTEMBER IS A GOLDEN CHAPTER IN THE

HISTORY OF PAKISTAN, WHEN PAKISTAN, ITS MILITARY
AND PEOPLE STOOD UNITED IN 1965 IN DEFENSE OF
PAKISTAN AND RESOLVE TO HALT AND BEAT BACK
INDIAN MULTIDIMENSIONAL ATTACKS AGAINST
PAKISTAN. THIS HISTORIC DAY IS COMMEMORATED
THROUGH PARADES AND EXHIBITIONS OF MILITARY
EQUIPMENT AT RAWALPINDI, LAHORE, PESHAWAR,
QUETTA AND KARACHI.
 IQBAL DAY

• 9TH NOVEMBER IS CELEBRATED AS THE

BIRTHDAY OF THE NATIONAL POET OF
PAKISTAN, ALLAMA IQBAL. THE EVENT IS
CELEBRATED WITH A LOT OF DEBATING AND
POETRY CONTESTS HELD AT DIFFERENT
INSTITUTES ALL OVER PAKISTAN.
 QUAID DAY

• THIS IS CELEBRATED ON 25TH DECEMBER AS THE

BIRTHDAY OF THE FOUNDER OF PAKISTAN QUAID-E-
AZAM AND CHRISTMAS. THIS DAY IS CELEBRATED BY
THE CHRISTIAN MINORITY AND THE WHOLE NATION.
CULTURAL FESTIVALS

Jashan-E-
Shikarpur

National
Horse
And chowmas
Cattle
Shoe

Lok Mela
 JASHAN-E-SHIKARPUR

• AT SHIKARPUR, SINDH. CULTURAL ACTIVITIES,

LOCAL SPORTS AND HANDICRAFTS EXHIBITION
ARE HELD.
 CHOWMAS

• HELD IN KALASH VALLEYS NEAR CHITRAL.

WELCOMING OF WINTER WITH FIRST SNOW-
FALL. ACTIVITIES RESTRICT TO INDOOR.
 LOK MELA

• THE FESTIVAL PRESENTS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO

WATCH THE CULTURE AND CRAFT OF THE WHOLE
COUNTRY AT ONE PLACE. THIS FOLK FESTIVAL IS HELD
FOR ONE WEEK AT ISLAMABAD. IT INCLUDES FOLK
MUSIC, SONGS, MUSIC CONTESTS, FOLK DANCES,
CRAFTSMEN AT WORK, EXHIBITION AND SALE OF
HANDICRAFTS.
 NATIONAL HORSE AND CATTLE SHOE

• IT IS HELD IN THE 3RD WEEK OF NOVEMBER FOR 5

DAYS AT FORTRESS STADIUM, LAHORE. THIS FESTIVAL
INCLUDES CATTLE RACES, CATTLE DANCES, TENT
PEGGING, FOLK MUSIC, DANCES, BANDS, CULTURAL
FLOATS AND FOLK GAMES. THE SHOW HAS BEEN
DESCRIBED AS AN ELOQUENT EXPRESSION OF
PAKISTAN'S HERITAGE AND AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT
OF ITS AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL
ACHIEVEMENTS.
OTHER FESTIVALS

Basant

Minoritie
Fathers
s
day
festivals

Mothers
day
 BASANT

• WITH THE ADVENT OF SPRING BASANT FESTIVAL IS

CELEBRATED WITH POMP AND SHOW IN MID
FEBRUARY EVERY YEAR IN LAHORE. IN OTHER
WORDS THIS IS THE SPRING FESTIVAL. PEOPLE
TRADITIONALLY FLY KITES ON THE ROOFS OF THEIR
BUILDINGS.
 FATHER’S DAY

• FATHERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH

GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION; THE PERSON WHO
CAN BE LOVED, RESPECTED AND LOOKED UP TO.
FATHER'S DAY IS A DAY OF COMMEMORATION
AND CELEBRATION OF DAD. IT IS A DAY TO
HONOR ALL THE FATHERS FOR EVERYTHING THEY
DID FOR THEIR CHILDREN. THIS IS AN OCCASION
TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TOWARDS YOUR DAD
FOR ALL HIS LOVE AND SUPPORT.
 MOTHERS DAY

• MOTHER'S DAY IS AN OCCASION WHEN

INDIVIDUALS EXPRESS THEIR LOVE AND RESPECT
FOR THEIR MOTHERS. IT FALLS ON THE SECOND
SUNDAY OF MAY EVERY YEAR. THIS DAY IS
DEDICATED TO THANK ALL MOTHERS FOR THEIR
STRUGGLES AND HARDSHIPS THEY UNDERTAKE IN
UPBRINGING THE CHILD. IT'S TIME TO RECOGNIZE
HER FOR ALL SHE HAS DONE FOR HER CHILDREN
OVER THE YEARS.
 MINORITIES FESTIVALS

NO PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
• CHRISTMAS
• DIWALI
• HOLI
THANKS