Pakistan Day

Not to be confused with Independence Day (Pakistan).

Pakistan Day (Urdu: ‫ ﯾﻮم ﭘﺎﮐﺴﺘﺎن‬, lit. Yaum-e-Pakistan) or Pakistan

Pakistan Day
Resolution Day, also Republic Day, is a national holiday in Pakistan
commemorating the Lahore Resolution passed on 23 March 1940[1] and the
‫ﯾﻮم ﭘﺎﮐﺴﺘﺎن‬
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.[2] A Republic Day parade
by the armed forces is often part of the celebrations.[3]

The day celebrates the adoption of the Pakistan resolution by the Muslim
League at the Minar-e-Pakistan (lit. Pakistan Tower) that called for
establishing an independent federation comprising provinces with Muslim
majority located in north-western and north-eastern region of British
Two JF-17 Thunder fighter jets flown at
controlled territories in India (excluding autonomous princely States) on 23
the Joint Inter-Services parade in
March 1940.[4][5][2][6] Since then, the day is celebrated annually throughout
Islamabad on 23 March 2007.
the country as a public holiday. The Armed forces of Pakistan usually hold a
Official name Urdu: ‫ﭘﺎﮐﺴﺘﺎن‬ ‫ﯾﻮم‬
military parade to celebrate the event.[3][7]
lit. Yaum-e-Pakistan[Note 1]

Observed by Pakistan

Contents Significance Commemoration of

Pakistan Resolution and
History Constitution
Celebrations
Celebrations Full Joint Inter-Services
Parade Commanders
Foreign dignitaries who have attended the parade
military parade, conferring
Foreign contingents of national decorations

Galleries Observances Pakistan (Diplomatic

See also missions of Pakistan in other
countries)
References and Notes
External links Date 23 March
Next time 23 March 2019
Frequency Annual
History
The Muslim League held its annual session atMinto Park in Lahore, Punjab, that lasted from the 22nd of March to the 24th of March
1940.[8] During this event, the Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and other Founding Fathers narrated the events
regarding the differences between Hindus and Muslims, and introduced the historical resolution that cemented the formation of a
[9]
nation-state in South Asia as Pakistan, even though it did not actually mention Pakistan at all.

The resolution was passed on 23 March and had its signatures from the Founding Fathers of Pakistan. It reads as:

[Quoting Resolution:] No constitutional plan would be

workable or acceptable to the Muslims unless geographical
contiguous units are demarcated into regions which should be
 so constituted with such territorial readjustments as may be
necessary. That the areas in which the Muslims are numerically
in majority as in the North-Western and Eastern zones of India
should be grouped to constitute independent states in which the
constituent units shall be autonomous and sovereign.

The British plan to partition Indian subcontinent into two dominion- Hindustan
and Pakistan was announced on Jun 3 1947. In the event Pakistan was created
on 14 August 1947 and Hindustan independence came a day later. Pakistan Group photo of Muhammad Ali Jinnah(in
was immediately identified as migrant state born amid bloodshed. Muhammad centre) and other Founding Fathers of
Pakistan in Lahore, c. 1940.
Ali Jinnah the founder of Pakistan became first Governor General of Pakistan
and Mr. Liaqat Ali Khan, The first Prime Minister of Pakistan. The Indian Act
of 1935 provided the legal framework for Pakistan until 1956, when the state passed its own constitution.[10] While Pakistan's
Independence Day celebrates its freedom fromBritish Rule, the Republic Day celebrates of coming into force of its constitution.

Works and efforts by Basic Principles Committee drafted the basic outlines of the constitution in 1949.[11] After many deliberations
and years of some modifications, the first set of the Constitution of Pakistan was enforced in the country on 23 March 1956. This
marked the country's successful transition fromDominion to Islamic Republic. The Governor-General was replaced with President of
Pakistan as ceremonial head of state.[12]

Celebrations
The main celebration is held in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.[13] The President of Pakistan is usually the Chief Guest; also the
attended in public are Prime Minister of Pakistan alongside the Cabinet ministers, military chiefs of staff, and chairman joint
chiefs.[14]

A full inter-services joint military parade is rehearsed and broadcast live by the news media in all over the country.[14] Pakistan
military inter services also shows a glance of its power and capabilities during this parade.

The celebrations regarding the holiday include a full military and civilian parade in the capital, Islamabad.[3] These are presided by
the President of Pakistan and are held early in the morning.[14] After the parade, the President confers national awards and medals on
the awardees at the Presidency.[14] Wreaths are also laid at the mausoleums of Muhammad Iqbal and Muhammad Ali Jinnah founder
of Pakistan.[3] In very rare times and significance, foreign dignitaries have been invited to attend the military parade.
[15]

Parade Commanders
From 1956–2018, the following officers from the army have lead the joint services parade:
 Year Officer Unit Notes
1983 Brigadier Nasir Mehmood 1st Punjab Regiment .
1987 Brigadier Afzal Janjua SJ FF Regt Later Lt. Gen.
1989 Brigadier Yasub Dogar 2 FF Regiment (Guides)
1996 Brigadier Naveed Nasr 17 Punjab Regiment Also commanded 70 Punjab
1997 Brigadier Javed Iqbal 18 Field Regiment MS to Nawaz Sharif in 1999
1998 Brigadier Akram Sahi FF Regt Later Maj. Gen.
1999 Brigadier Khalid Nawaz Janjua 3 Baluch Regt Later Lt. Gen.
20xx Brigadier Badar Munir AK Regt
2005 Brigadier Naushad Kiani Punjab Regt Later Maj. Gen.
2007 Brigadier Tariq Ghafoor FF Regt Later Maj. Gen.
2008 Brigadier Ihsan ul Haq Later Maj. Gen.
2015 Brigadier Khurram Sarfaraz 27 Baluch Regt
2016 Brigadier Amir Majeed 29 AK Regt
2017 Brigadier Amer Ahsan Nawaz 3 Baluch Regt
2018 Brigadier Amer Amin 19 FF Regt

Foreign dignitaries who have attended the parade

From 1956–2000, the following foreign dignitaries who have attended parade are:

Foreign dignitary
Year Country Notes
Chief Guest

1985 General Rudini[15] Indonesia Chief of staff of Indonesian Army

1987 Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe President of Zimbabwe

1996 Cassam Uteem[15] Mauritius President of Mauritius

2018 Maithripala Sirisena[16] Sri Lanka President of Sri Lanka

Foreign contingents

Year Contingent Country

1956 Janissary Military band Turkey

1956 Iran Military Contingent Iran

1956 Turkish Military Contingent Turkey

1997 Janissary Military band Turkey

2017 China
Beijing Garrison Honor Guard Battalion
2018

2018 Janissary Military band[17] Turkey

2018 Saudi Arabian Special Forces Saudi Arabia

2018 UAE elite unit[18] UAE

Galleries

Parallel steps by Parallel steps by The Sherdils of Pakistan The Minar-e-Pakistan

Pakistan Army. Pakistan Navy. Air Force usually takes glances on the eve of 23
part in the parade. March 2014.

The Sherdils of PAF Group photo of the

performing aerial Frontier Force Regiment
acrobatics during the prior to the participation
2015 parade. on the Pakistan Day in
1974.

See also
History of Pakistan
Holidays in Pakistan
Republic Day in other countries
Pakistan Defence Day
Iqbal Day
Minar-e-Pakistan

References and Notes

1. Official name is (Urdu: ‫ ﯾﻮم ﭘﺎﮐﺴﺘﺎن‬:Urdu, lit. Yaum-e-Pakistan) or Pakistan Day in English. The day also
commemorates The Pakistan Resolution Day, Republic Day (Urdu: ‫ )ﻳﻮم ﺟﻤﻬﻮرﻳﻪ‬or as Joint Inter-Services
parade. Unofficially, the day is also known as 23 March

Citations

1. Stacy Taus-Bolstad (April 2003).Pakistan in Pictures (https://books.google.com/books?id=K9QbtV

adL_gC&pg=PA4
9). Twenty-First Century Books. p. 49.ISBN 978-0-8225-4682-5. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
2. John Stewart Bowman (2000).Columbia chronologies of Asian history and culture(https://books.google.com/books?
id=pg5Qi28akwEC&pg=PA372). Columbia University Press. p. 372.ISBN 978-0-231-11004-4. Retrieved 22 March
2011.
 3. Agencies (23 March 2012)."Nation celebrates Pakistan Day today"(http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newsp
aper-daily-english-online/national/23-Mar-2012/nation-celebrates-pakistan-day-today)
. The Nation.
4. Olson, Gillia (2005). "Holidays".Pakistan : a question and answer book. Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press.
ISBN 0736837574.
5. Singh, Sarina; et al. (2008). Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway(7th ed.). Footscray, Vic.: Lonely Planet.
6. Rizvi, Hasan Askari (23 March 2015). "Pakistan and March 23"(http://tribune.com.pk/story/857380/pakistan-and-mar
ch-23/) (Special works published by Dr. H.A. Rizvi). Express Tribune, Rizvi. Express Tribune. Retrieved 23 March
2015.
7. DAWN.com (23 March 2015)."Pakistan holds first Republic Day parade in seven years"(http://www.dawn.com/new
s/1171371). Dawn News, 2015. Dawn. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
8. Programme of the All India Muslim Leagues 27th Annual Session, to be held at Lahore 21 to 24 March 1940
, at the
National Archives of Pakistan, Islamabad, the Quaid i Azam Papers, File 1354
9. Syed Iftikhar Ahmed (1983),Essays on Pakistan, Alpha Bravo Publishers, Lahore,OCLC 12811079 (https://www.wo
rldcat.org/oclc/12811079)
10. Cohen, Stephen P. The idea of Pakistan. Brookings Institution Press, 2004.
11. Hussain, Rizwan. Pakistan (http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t236/e0616). The Oxford Encyclopedia
of the Islamic World.
12. Ghazali, Abdus Sattar. "The First Islamic Republic". Islamic Pakistan: Illusions and Reality(http://ghazali.net/book1/c
hapter_3.htm). Islamabad: National Book Club. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
13. Staff work (22 March 2015)."Preparations complete for Pakistan Day parade on March 23"(http://www.thenewstribe.
com/2015/03/22/preparations-complete-for-pakistan-day-parade-on-march-23/). NewsTribe, 2015. NewsTribe.
Retrieved 24 March 2015.
14. DAWN.com (24 March 2015)."Pakistan holds first Republic Day parade in seven years"(http://www.dawn.com/new
s/1171371). Dawn Newspapers, 2015. Dawn Newspapers . Retrieved 24 March 2015.
15. Dawn.com (24 March 2015)."Relive Pakistan Day: 1940 – 2000"(http://www.dawn.com/news/1171374/relive-pakist
an-day-1940-2000). Dawn archives, 2015. Dawn archives. Archived fromthe original (http://www.dawn.com/news/11
71374/relive-pakistan-day-1940-2000)on 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
16. http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/sri-lankan-president-arrives-in-pakistan/article23323163.ece
17. https://timesofislamabad.com/07-Mar-2018/saudi-arabia-chinese-and-turkish-military-contingents-to-participate-in-
pakistan-day-parade-on-march-23-report
18. http://www.arabnews.com/node/1269951/middle-east

External links
Govt. of Pakistan
Pakistan Day military parade

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