Pakistan Day 23 March
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Pakistan Day (Urdu: یوم پاکستان, lit. Yaum-e-Pakistan) 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.[1] The day also celebrates the adoption of the Lahore Resolution by the Muslim League at the Minar-e-Pakistan (lit. Pakistan Tower) which is called for the creation of an independent sovereign state from the provinces with Muslim majorities located in the North-West and East of British India (excluding autonomous princely States) on 23 March 1940.[2][3][1][4]
Pakistan Day | |
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Official name | Urdu: یوم پاکستان lit. Yaum-e-Pakistan[Note 1] |
Observed by | Pakistan |
Type | Republic |
Significance | Commemoration of Pakistan Resolution and Constitution |
Celebrations | Full Joint Inter-Services military parade, conferring of national decorations |
Observances | Pakistan (Diplomatic missions of Pakistan in other countries) |
Date | 23 March |
Next time | 23 March 2022 |
Frequency | Annual |
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.[5][6]
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