Events

JANUARY | |
1-Jan | New Year's Day |
3-Jan | Eid Milad un-Nabi |
FEBRUARY | |
4-Feb | World Cancer Day |
5-Feb | Kashmir Solidarity Day |
6-Feb | International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation |
13-Feb | World Radio Day [UNESCO] |
20-Feb | World Day of Social Justice |
21-Feb | International Mother Language Day [UNESCO] |
MARCH | |
1-Mar | Zero Discrimination Day [UNAIDS] |
3-Mar | World Wildlife Day |
8-Mar | International Women's Day |
20-Mar | International Day of Happiness |
21-Mar | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
21-Mar | World Poetry Day [UNESCO] |
21-Mar | International Day of Nowruz |
21-Mar | World Down Syndrome Day |
21-Mar | International Day of Forests and the Tree |
22-Mar | World Water Day |
23-Mar | Pakistan Day |
23-Mar | World Meteorological Day [WMO] |
24-Mar | World Tuberculosis Day [WHO] |
APRIL | |
2-Apr | World Autism Awareness Day |
4-Apr | International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action |
6-Apr | International Day of Sport for Development and Peace |
7-Apr | World Health Day [WHO] |
12-Apr | International Day of Human Space Flight |
21-Apr | Death Anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal |
22-Apr | International Mother Earth Day |
23-Apr | World Book and Copyright Day |
23-Apr | English Language Day |
25-Apr | World Malaria Day [WHO] |
26-Apr | World Intellectual Property Day [WIPO] |
28-Apr | World Day for Safety and Health at Work |
30-Apr | International Jazz Day |
MAY | |
1-May | Labour Day |
3-May | World Press Freedom Day |
8-9 May | Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War |
10-11 May | World Migratory Bird Day [UNEP] |
13-May | "Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon |
15-May | International Day of Families |
17-May | World Telecommunication and Information Society Day [ITU] |
21-May | World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development |
22-May | International Day for Biological Diversity |
23-May | International Day to End Obstetric Fistula |
28-May | Youm-e-Takbir |
29-May | International Day of UN Peacekeepers |
31-May | World No-Tobacco Day [WHO] |
JUNE | |
1-Jun | Global Day of Parents |
4-Jun | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
5-Jun | World Environment Day [UNEP] |
8-Jun | World Oceans Day |
12-Jun | World Day Against Child Labour |
14-Jun | Shab e-Barat |
14-Jun | World Blood Donor Day [WHO] |
15-Jun | World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
17-Jun | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
20-Jun | World Refugee Day |
23-Jun | United Nations Public Service Day |
23-Jun | International Widows' Day |
25-Jun | Day of the Seafarer [IMO] |
26-Jun | International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking |
JULY | |
5-Jul | International Day of Cooperatives |
(First Saturday in July) | |
11-Jul | World Population Day |
18-Jul | Nelson Mandela International Day |
28-Jul | World Hepatitis Day [WHO] |
29-Jul | Eid-ul-Fitr |
30-Jul | Eid-ul-Fitr |
30-Jul | International Day of Friendship |
31-Jul | Eid-ul-Fitr |
AUGUST | |
9-Aug | International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples |
12-Aug | International Youth Day |
14-Aug | Independence Day |
18-Aug | National Plantation Day |
19-Aug | World Humanitarian Day |
23-Aug | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO] |
29-Aug | International Day against Nuclear Tests |
30-Aug | International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances |
SEPTEMBER | |
5-Sep | International Day of Charity |
6-Sep | Defence Day |
7-Sep | Air Force Day (Youm-e-Fizaia) |
8-Sep | Victory Day/Navy Day (Youm-e-Bahria) |
8-Sep | International Literacy Day [UNESCO] |
11-Sep | Quaid-e-Azam Death Anniversary |
12-Sep | United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation |
15-Sep | International Day of Democracy |
16-Sep | International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer |
21-Sep | International Day of Peace |
25-Sep | World Maritime Day [IMO] |
(Last week of September) | |
27-Sep | World Tourism Day [UNWTO] |
OCTOBER | |
1-Oct | Birthday of Liaquat Ali Khan |
1-Oct | International Day of Older Persons |
2-Oct | International Day of Non-Violence |
5-Oct | World Teachers’ Day [UNESCO] |
6-Oct | World Habitat Day |
(First Monday in October) | |
9-Oct | World Post Day |
11-Oct | International Day of the Girl Child |
13-Oct | International Day for Disaster Reduction |
15-Oct | International Day of Rural Women |
16-Oct | Death anniversary of Liaquat Ali Khan |
16-Oct | World Food Day [FAO] |
17-Oct | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
24-Oct | Azad Kashmir Day (Youm-e-Kashmir) |
24-Oct | United Nations Day |
24-Oct | World Development Information Day |
27-Oct | World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [UNESCO] |
NOVEMBER | |
2-Nov | International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists |
6-Nov | International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict |
9-Nov | Iqbal Day |
10-Nov | World Science Day for Peace and Development |
16-Nov | International Day for Tolerance |
16-Nov | World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims |
(Third Sunday in November) | |
19-Nov | World Toilet Day |
20-Nov | Universal Children’s Day |
20-Nov | World Philosophy Day |
(Third Thursday in November) | |
21-Nov | World Television Day |
22-Nov | Africa Industrialization Day |
25-Nov | International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women |
29-Nov | International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People |
DECEMBER | |
1-Dec | World AIDS Day |
2-Dec | International Day for the Abolition of Slavery |
3-Dec | International Day of Persons with Disabilities |
5-Dec | International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development |
5-Dec | World Soil Day |
7-Dec | International Civil Aviation Day [ICAO] |
9-Dec | International Anti-Corruption Day |
10-Dec | Human Rights Day |
11-Dec | International Mountain Day |
18-Dec | International Migrants Day |
20-Dec | International Human Solidarity Day |
25-Dec | Quaid-e-Azam Day |