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Festivals & Seasons
Polo at Shandur, Kalasha rites, blossom weeks, Sufi urs, and desert fairs, 51 events to plan around across Pakistan.
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September–November
Clear skies and golden poplars up north, desert rallies, Lok Mela in Islamabad and the Gurpurab pilgrimage at Nankana Sahib.
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Pashtun Culture Day
Attan dance, rubab music, poetry, and hospitality, a celebration of Pashtun identity across KP and beyond.
Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai
Three nights at Bhit Shah for Shah Abdul Latif, the greatest poet of Sindhi, when his Shah Jo Risalo is sung through the night.
Pul Festival
The autumn festival celebrated only in Birir, the smallest and most secluded of the three Kalasha valleys.
Urs of Data Ganj Bakhsh
Lahore's largest gathering: the three-day urs of Ali Hujwiri, Data Ganj Bakhsh, at Data Darbar, with up to a million devotees, qawwali and langar.
Sarfaranga Cold Desert Rally & Festival
A three-day jeep rally and festival on the Sarfaranga cold desert, 2,300 metres up where the Shigar valley meets the Indus, held each year since 2017.
Urs of Shah Rukn-e-Alam
The urs at Multan's great Tughluq tomb, the octagonal brick mausoleum of Shah Rukn-e-Alam on the edge of Multan Fort.
Iqbal Day
Pakistan honours its national poet, Muhammad Iqbal, on his birthday: the guard changes at his tomb in Lahore, and Sialkot celebrates at the house where he was born.
Gilgit-Baltistan Independence Day
1 November in Gilgit: flags, parades and polo to mark the 1947 uprising that ended Dogra rule and joined Gilgit-Baltistan to Pakistan.
Thal Desert Rally & Cultural Festival
Punjab's autumn desert rally across the Thal, run by TDCP with Layyah and Muzaffargarh, wrapped in a Saraiki mela of music, horses and crafts.
Lok Mela, Islamabad
Lok Virsa's ten-day national folk festival in Islamabad: craftspeople, musicians and food from every province, with a pavilion for each.
Guru Nanak Gurpurab
The birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, Sikhism's most important pilgrimage in Pakistan, at Nankana Sahib and Kartarpur.