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Pakistan holidays are celebrated according to the Islamic or local Pakistani calendars for religious and civil purposes, respectively. Religious holidays such as Eid are celebrated according to the Islamic calendar whereas other national holidays such as International Workers' Day, [1] Pakistan Day, and Quaid-i-Azam Day are celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar.
Pakistan Day (Urdu: یومِ پاکستان, lit. Yaum-e-Pakistan) or Pakistan Resolution Day, also Republic Day, is a national holiday in Pakistan primarily commemorating the 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, which remains a ...
Defence Day: Celebrated in memory of those who died in the Indo-Pak war of 1965: 7: September: Air Force Day: Celebrated to commend the role of Pakistan Air Force in the 1965 war with India 8: September: Navy Day: Celebrated to commend the role of Pakistan Navy in the 1965 war with India 9: November: Iqbal Day: Birthday of Muhammad Iqbal: 25 ...
27 March: 2016 Lahore suicide bombing, 75 killed. 20 April: In Punjab, at least 33 people died after eating sweets, accidentally tainted with insecticide. [ 284] 13-16 June: Pakistan-Afghanistan skirmishes, 1 Pakistani and 7 Afghans are killed. 16 September: 2016 September Pakistan mosque bombing, 36 killed.
Independence Day. 3 July. 1944. Nazi Germany. The liberation of Minsk after several years of German occupation in 1944. Two other independence days – 25 March (proclamation of the Belarusian People's Republic in 1918) and 27 July (independence from the Soviet Union in 1990) – are commemorated unofficially.
Independence Day ( Urdu: یومِ آزادی, romanized : Yaum-i Āzādī ), observed annually on 14 August, is a national holiday in Pakistan. It commemorates the day when Pakistan achieved independence from the United Kingdom and was declared a sovereign state following the termination of the British Raj between the 14th and 15th August 1947.
1949 – Music for the "Qaumī Tarānah" is composed by the Pakistani musical composer, Ahmad G. Chagla (running time: 80 seconds). 1950 – anthem, without lyrics, was performed for the first time for a foreign head of state on the state visit of the Shah of Iran to Pakistan in Karachi on 1 March 1950 by a Pakistan Navy band.
Pakistan Day [49] Independence Day [11] Pakistan Day or Pakistan Resolution Day, also Republic Day, is a national holiday in Pakistan commemorating the Lahore Resolution passed on 23 March 1940 and the adoption of the first constitution of Pakistan. Independence Day is observed annually on 14 August, is a national holiday in Pakistan.