Pakistan Day
Pakistan Day (Urdu: یوم پاکستان , lit. Yaum-e-Pakistan) or Pakistan Resolution Day, also Republic Day, is a national holiday in Pakistan. It is celebrated on 23 March each year. It is the anniversary of the commemoration of the choosing the name "Pakistan" by Choudhary Rahmat Ali.
Pakistan Day یوم پاکستان | |
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Official name | Urdu: یوم پاکستان lit. Yaum-e-Pakistan[Note 1] |
Observed by | Pakistan |
Significance | Commemoration of Pakistan Resolution and Constitution |
Date | 23 March |
Celebrations | Full Joint Inter-Services military parade, conferring of national decorations |
Observances | Pakistan (Diplomatic missions of Pakistan in other countries) |
Pakistan Day Media
Group photo of Muhammad Ali Jinnah (in centre) and some of the Founding Fathers of Pakistan in Lahore, c. 1940