ISLAMABAD — The Government of Pakistan has officially declared Wednesday, May 28, 2025, as a public holiday in observance of “Youm-e-Takbeer”, commemorating the country’s historic nuclear tests conducted in 1998.
In light of this, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has announced the closure of all its offices nationwide tomorrow (Wednesday).
According to the statement issued by NADRA, all its field offices — including those operating during night shifts — will remain closed from midnight on May 27 to midnight on May 29, depending on the respective shift schedules.
However, citizens can continue to access NADRA services via the Pak-ID mobile application and the official NADRA website ([www.nadra.gov.pk](http://www.nadra.gov.pk)) during the closure.
Youm-e-Takbeer is observed every in remembrance of nuclear tests conducted on May 28, 1998 that made the defense of the country invincible.
The day made Pakistan the seventh nuclear nation of the world and the first Muslim state having the nuclear arsenal in its defense stockpile to exercise maximum deterrence for peaceful purposes.
The historic statement of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto that they would starve but transform the country into a nuclear power, led to achievement of this milestone.
Resisting the mounting external pressures, the then Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif went for the bold decision to test the Pakistani nuclear weapons and thus balancing the strategic slanting power in the region.
