Govt announces public holiday tomorrow to mark "Youm-e-Takbeer"

The federal government has announced a public holiday on May 28 (tomorrow) to mark "Youm-e-Takbeer", the anniversary of Pakistan's nuclear tests conducted in 1998.

The announcement was made by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in order to celebrate the historic day when Pakistan became a nuclear weapon state.

In a statement issued on PML-N's official account, the premier said that the day "reminds the Pakistani nation of unity to make the defence of the country impregnable".

"On this day, the entire nation decided for the integrity of this country that there would be no compromise by accepting any kind of external pressure on national defence," he added.

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وزیرِ اعظم محمد شہباز شریف نے پاکستان کے دفاع کو ناقابل تسخیر بنانے کے دن، 28 مئی یوم تکبیر کو سرکاری چھٹی قرار دے دیا

یوم تکبیر پاکستانی قوم کے ملک کے دفاع کو ناقابل تسخیر بنانے کیلئے اتحاد کی یاد دلاتا ہے۔ وزیرِاعظم

آج کے دن پوری قوم نے اس ملک کی سالمیت کیلئے یہ فیصلہ کیا کہ… pic.twitter.com/0xLriOnHC7

— PMLN Digital (@PMLNDigital) May 27, 2024

PM Shehbaz further said that Youm-e-Takbeer is a day to renew the pledge to always thwart the nefarious intentions of external and internal enemies, "who want to endanger the country through the politics of anarchy".

With the successful nuclear tests in the hills of Chaghai 26 years ago, Pakistan became the seventh nuclear-armed country in the world and the first in the Islamic world.