Government announces public holiday on May 28th.
The federal government on Tuesday announced a public holiday on May 28th on account of Youm-e-Takbeer, reported The Asian Mirror.
The nation observes ‘Youm-e-Takbeer’ (the day of greatness) to commemorate the historic nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan on May 28, 1998.
The nuclear explosions were conducted in self-defence to respond to India’s aggression of nuclear tests.
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On this day, Pakistan became the seventh nuclear power in the world with the demonstration of nuclear capabilities and the first in the Muslim world after conducting nuclear tests at Chaghai in Balochistan as a response to India’s nuclear bomb tests on 11th and 13th of May of the same year at Pokhran in the Rajasthan state of India.
The successful tests made Pakistan’s defense strong.
Nawaz Sharif was the prime minister of Pakistan at that time, under whom nuclear tests were carried out as major world powers urged him to avoid the tests.
