<P> In Pakistan, the school year runs from April to March . Students have a two - month summer vacation and a two - week winter vacation . In Gilgit - Baltistan, Azad Kashmir and some areas of Balochistan, where heavy snow paralyzes life in the winter, the schools close for two months and there are two weeks of summer vacation . </P> <P> Schools and universities are off on national holidays: Pakistan Day (March 23), Independence Day (August 14), Defence of Pakistan Day (September 6), the anniversaries of the birth (December 25) and death (September 11) of Quaid - e-Azam, Allama Iqbal (November 9) and the birth (July 30) and death (July 8) of Madar - e-Millat . </P> <P> Labour Day (also known as May Day) is also observed in Pakistan on May 1 . Both Eid festivals are also public holidays . </P> <P> In the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, the holidays are for two and half months during summer . </P>

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