Current Date And Time In Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
09:24:01 PKT
State: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Currency: Pakistani Rupee (PKR)
Timezone: UTC +05:00 (PKT)
Population: 763,195
District: Dera Ismail Khan
Checking bank closures, municipal non-working days, and upcoming public holiday dates in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa? Here is the complete city holiday reference for Dera Ismail Khan.
Corporate teams, logistics hubs, and financial offices in Dera Ismail Khan align operating hours with statutory government gazette notifications. Fixed statutory national holidays (such as Pakistan Day (Yaum-e-Pakistan) on March 23) mandate official non-working status for banks and government offices in Dera Ismail Khan.
This is Pakistan's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Pakistan's country-level and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa holiday pages — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply the same way in Dera Ismail Khan as anywhere else in Pakistan.
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These are Pakistan's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Pakistan's country and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa holiday pages — mandated by national labor law and applicable to financial institutions, schools, and government administration in Dera Ismail Khan just as everywhere else in Pakistan.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan Day (Yaum-e-Pakistan) | March 23 | National Public Holiday | Full Federal Closure (Banks & Public Administration) | pakistan.gov.pk |
| Independence Day (Yaum-e-Azaadi) | August 14 | National Public Holiday | Full Federal Closure | pakistan.gov.pk |
Statutory holidays landing on a Monday, Friday, Tuesday or Thursday create a long-weekend opportunity — here's what's coming up.
| Holiday | Date | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Pakistan Day (Yaum-e-Pakistan) | Tue, Mar 23, 2027 | Take the Monday before off for a 4-day weekend |
Dera Ismail Khan's bank branches, municipal offices and public schools close on Pakistan's statutory holidays just as they do everywhere else in the country — shops and restaurants more often stay open with adjusted hours rather than closing outright.
A statutory holiday falling on a Saturday or Sunday in Dera Ismail Khan doesn't simply get skipped — Pakistan's gazette process typically moves the observed day off to the following Monday.
With a population of 763,195 and running on the Asia/Karachi time zone, Dera Ismail Khan follows Pakistan's statutory holiday dates on local calendar days — no cross-timezone adjustment needed for a purely domestic holiday list.