Due to inclement weather, the Pakistan Day Parade was rescheduled for March 25.
According to local media, the parade, which was supposed to take place today at the President’s House, will now take place on March 25. (Saturday).
The Pakistani armed forces demonstrated their might in the Pakistan Day parade, but this year, the Army decided to hold the annual parade on a smaller scale in light of the government’s austerity drive aimed at averting the economic crisis.
The country of over 220 million people has been in the grip of a massive economic crisis, with the local currency reaching a historic low, a depleted foreign exchange reserve, and decades-high inflation.
Despite the rescheduling of the parade, the nation is celebrating Pakistan Day with a renewed pledge to transform the country into a true Islamic welfare state in line with the vision of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and to ensure its progress, prosperity, and a strong defense.
Pakistan Day or Pakistan Resolution Day, also Republic Day is a national holiday in Pakistan primarily commemorating the adoption of the first Constitution of Pakistan during the transition of the Dominion of Pakistan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 23 March 1956 making Pakistan the world’s first Islamic republic.
The day also celebrates the adoption of the Lahore Resolution by the Muslim League at the Minar-e-Pakistan (lit. Pakistan Tower) which called for the creation of an independent sovereign state derived from the provinces with Muslim majorities located in the North-West and East of British India (excluding autonomous princely States) on 23 March 1940.
The day is celebrated annually throughout the country as a public holiday. The Pakistan Armed Forces usually hold a military parade to celebrate both the passing of the Lahore Resolution and the Constitution of 1956.
