The nation celebrated the Youm-e-Takbeer (Day of Greatness) with patriotic fervour as rallies and ceremonies held across the country to commemorate the day when Pakistan emerged as a nuclear power.
Pakistan has announced a public holiday on Youm-e-Takbeer to remember the May 28, 1998, nuclear tests at the Ras Koh Hills in the Chagai District of Balochistan.
Codenamed Chagai-I, these tests marked Pakistan’s first public demonstration of its nuclear weapons capability, making it the seventh nation in the world and the first Muslim-majority country to possess nuclear arms.
This decision came as a direct response to India’s Pokhran-II nuclear tests, conducted earlier in May of the same year.
Student performing Mili Nagma on 12 Anniversary of the Valiant son of the Soil Capt Salman Shaheed to pay tribute to Shuhada and Ghazis at Alhamra Hall, Lahore. — APP
Artists Ali Abbas Nadeem Abbas and Zuhaib Hannas perform at 12 Anniversary of the valiant son of the soil Capt Salman Shaheed to pay tribute to Shuhada end Ghazis at Alhamra Hall, Lahore. — APP
Participants of event related to Youm-e-Takbeer chanting slogans at General Hospital, Lahore. — NNI
Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs Amir Muqam along with others cutting a cake on Youm-e-Takbeer at PML-N provincial secretariat in Peshawar. — INP
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Ameer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman offering fateha at grave of nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadir Khan on Youm-e-Takbeer at H-8 graveyard in Islamabad — Online
Teaching staff and students of different schools offering fateha at the grave of nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadir Khan at H-8 graveyard, Islamabad, on Youm-e-Takbeer. — Online
Members of Kissan Ittehad holding rally to mark Youm-e-Takbeer, in Quetta. — PPI
Activists of Tajir Ittehad Peshawar Cantt hold rally on occasion of Youm-e-Takbeer at Fawara Chowk, Peshawar. — INP
