ISLAMABAD – The federal government has announced a public holiday on May 28 in observance of the Youm-e-Takbeer.

The establishment division has issued a notification stating that all government departments will remain closed on May 28 (Wednesday).

A day earlier, the Sindh government announced a holiday on May 28 on account of the Youm-e-Takbeer.

Youm-e-Takbeer Holiday

The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has also declared a holiday for May 28 on account of Youm-e-Takbeer.

PSX chief market operations issued the notification stating that no business activity will be carried out on May 28 due to the holiday.

Youm-e-Takbeer

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.