New Year’s Day 2020 in Pakistan

New Year’s Day 2020 in Pakistan is celebrated with great joy and fervour by the people who belong to various religious, social and cultural backgrounds. People in Pakistan also do not fail to follow this global trend and hence they observe New Year’s Day on the 1st day of January as per the Gregorian calendar. Pakistanis folks give a grand welcome to the New Year prayers as well as some majestic festivities.

2020 में New Year’s Day कब है?

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जनवरी, 2020

(बुधवार)

New Year’s Day in Pakistan

Is New Year’s Day a Public Holiday in Pakistan?

New Year’s Day is a public holiday for the general population according to Holidays 2020. This means, offices, colleges, schools, universities, and several other academic institutions remain closed on this day.

How is New Year’s celebrated in Pakistan?

New Year celebrations in Pakistan in January are carried out quite vividly. Pakistan is definitely a diverse country, not only culturally but also geographically. Hence, on the occasion of New Year’s day, prayers,community congregations, private parties all of these are seen taking place all over the country. According to the beliefs of the people( (whether they are religious, cultural or social), people celebrate New Year’s Day and also the New Year’s eve, which actually takes place a day before the New Year’s day.

For those who do not know, Pakistan is an Islamic country and people also follow the Islmaic calendar in along with the Gregorian calendar. Therefore, the Islamic New Year is also celebrated in Pakistan, which falls on a completely different date from the New Year’s Day in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Islamic New year is mostly about prayers along with some zesty celebrations. The Gregorian New Year is celebrated slightly differently.

As it has been mentioned, New Year parties, cultural shows, pop parties and festivals have become popular because of the incipience of global warming in Pakistan. Some governmental dinners are also organised. Fireworks and pyrotechnics remain some of the special highlights of New Year’s Day in Pakistan. Various television and cinema stars make it to the TV and radio channels to wish the common people a very happy New Year’s Day in Pakistan.

New Year’s Day Observances

साल सप्ताह के दिन दिनांक नाम छुट्टी का प्रकार
2019 मंगल 1 जनवरी New Year’s Day वैक्लपिक अवकाश
2020 बुध 1 जनवरी New Year’s Day वैक्लपिक अवकाश
2021 शुक्र 1 जनवरी New Year’s Day वैक्लपिक अवकाश
2022 शनि 1 जनवरी New Year’s Day वैक्लपिक अवकाश
2023 रवि 1 जनवरी New Year’s Day वैक्लपिक अवकाश
2024 सोम 1 जनवरी New Year’s Day वैक्लपिक अवकाश
2025 बुध 1 जनवरी New Year’s Day वैक्लपिक अवकाश

New Year Celebrations in Other Countries

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त्वरित तथ्य

इस वर्ष: बुध, 1 जनवरी 2020
अगले वर्ष: शुक्र, 1 जनवरी 2021
अंतिम वर्ष: मंगल, 1 जनवरी 2019
प्रकार: Optional Holiday