Altaf Hamid Rao,
MIRPUR, (Parliament Times): Youm-e-Takbeer was observed in Azad Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of nuclear tests conducted this day in 1998 by Pakistan, as immediate response in the same coin to India who had detonated the nuclear devise few days earlier to it.
Speakers in special simple but impressive ceremonies hosted to mark youm-e-takbeer (within the framework of the SOPs to avert threat of the spread of Coronavirus) held in various parts of AJK including Mirpur and the capital city of Muzaffarabad to celebrate the historic day, renewed the pledge to lend all of the energies to make Pakistan strong and prosperous besides to safeguard inch-after-inch of the motherland by going through shoulder-to-shoulder the valiant armed forces of the country.
Azad Jammu & Kashmir had announced to commemorate ”Yome -e-Takbeer” on May 28 on Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of the historic nuclear tests conducted this day 22 years ago in 1998 by Pakistan to show its arsenal capability in response to the identical nuclear tests which the arch rival India had earlier conducted few days ago with nefarious and ulterior motives to imbalance the level of nuclear power in the region.
On 28th of May Pakistan had emerged, with the blessings of Allah, The Almighty, the 7th in the world and 1st Islamic Atomic power by conducting the nuclear tests. ”The day is commemorated every year on May 28 to mark the conduction of nuclear tests on the very day, in 1998, making seventh nuclear nation of the world and first Islamic state equipped with nuclear arsenal, ”prime minister said.
Strong and prosperous Pakistan in all manners including at defense and economic sectors is the guarantee to the freedom of Kashmir. “People of Jammu & Kashmir will leave no stone unturned to make Pakistan strong, stable and prosperous besides to safeguard the security and defense of the country”, said Raja Farooq Haider Khan, Prime Minister of AJK, while addressing a simple and impressive major ceremony hosted at the Prime Minister House in the State’s metropolis on Thursday to mark the day, the PM House spokesperson Raja Muhammad Waseem Khan later told APP over telephone Thursday evening.
“Raja Farooq Haider Khan cut the ‘Youm e Takbeer’ Cake to mark the historic day of the emerging of the motherland – Pakistan as the 7th nuclear power on the planet”, Waseem said. The ceremony, he underlined, was held entirely within the parameters of the Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) advised by the Medicos to stay away of the pandemic of COVID-19. The prime minister Farooq Haider Khan while reminding about the exceptional significance and historic background of the grand event recalled that on May 11, 1998, India with its nuclear tests, had tried to disturb the balance of power in the South Asian region, Waseem said.
He said that after conducting nuclear tests, defense of Pakistan became impregnable and the enemies could not dare to look towards it with bad intentions.
Haider observed that now the enemy, through her changed strategy, was trying to weak the country internally through different cowardly acts. He said that all such nefarious designs of the enemy would be thwarted with full vigor by the nation with complete unity and harmony, Raja Waseem said. The Prime Minister paid rich tributes on this occasion to all the authors, creators and promoters of the nuclear program with peaceful approach including Dr. Abdul Qadeer, Dr. Sammar Muhbarak Mand, late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and late Gen. Zia ul Haq for their untiring and sincere role to turn Pakistan a nuclear power in region in particular and the world over in general for her self defense indeed, he added, according to the spokesperson of the PM house.
Addressing an identical ceremony hosted here Thursday to observe the day with great enthusiasm and devotion, speakers including ex sports and youth affairs minister of AJK Ch. Muhammad Saeed said that it was the day of great dignity and honor of Pakistan, when Islamabad gave matching response to the Indian nuclear tests by detonating the nuclear devices this day in 1998. Saeed said that ‘Youm-e-Takbeer’ has the great importance in the history of the defense of the country. Paying rich tributes to the then government of Pakistan besides the valiant armed forces of the country Ch. Saeed said that entire nation including the people of Azad Jammu & Kashmir stands united, shoulder to shoulder with the brave armed forces, for the defense of inch after inch of the motherland in case of any aggression from across the frontiers.
Saeed recalled that the historic day of May 28 was marked with commemoration of this day of 1998 when Pakistan detonated six nuclear devices in response to five of India. It may also be recalled that in 1998, Pakistan test-fired its first ballistic missile ‘Ghauri’ on April 6, 1998 and during this tenure, a highly sophisticated nuclear capable, multi- tube tactical short-range ballistic missile ‘Nasr’ was test-fired giving an edge over adversaries.
