Sources: The State Bank of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that the State Bank of Pakistan and the commercial banks of Pakistan would remain closed on Friday, August 14, 2015, which would be marked as a bank holiday throughout Pakistan on the occasion of the upcoming annual Independence Day bank holiday and non-working public holiday of Pakistan. [full story]