Pakistan has announced a holiday on May 28 after he recently declared that the day was commemorated as “Yom-E-Takbeer” (day of greatness). But why is this day so important for our nation?
On May 28, 1998, Pakistan conducted five simultaneous underground nuclear tests in Ras Koh hills in the Chagai district of Baluchistan.
The name in Chagai-i Code, these tests marked the first public demonstration of Pakistan of its nuclear weapons capacity, which makes it the seventh nation of the world and the first Muslim majority country in possessing nuclear weapons.
This decision was produced as a direct response to the Pokhran-II nuclear tests of India, made in early May of the same year.
Two days after the first nuclear test, on May 30, 1998, Pakistan performed another nuclear test, called Chagai-II.
The Pakistani evidence met with the international conviction, which led to the adoption of resolution 1172 of the United Nations Security Council and the economic sanctions of the main powers, including the United States and Japan.
Despite international pressure, the day is celebrated annually in Pakistan as Yom-E-Takbeer, commemorating achievement as a fundamental time for national defense and regional stability.
This feat is attributed to the late Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, a Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer, who is venerated at home as a hero to build the first atomic bomb in the Muslim world.
This year the 27th anniversary of the fundamental event will be held, and becomes even more significant, since it arrives days after the Pakistan’s armed forces successfully carried out the “Bunyan-Mou-Marsososoan Operation” in response to the unpaved attacks of India against innocent civilians in Pakistan.
