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|type = national|longtype = Islamic Republic|image = Minar-e-Pakistan-lhr.jpg|imagesize = 300px|caption = Minar e Pakistanlit. Yaum-e-Pakistan}}Official name is (, lit. Yaum-e-Pakistan) or Pakistan Day in English. The day also commemorates The Pakistan Resolution Day, Republic Day (Urdu: يومِ جمهوريه) or as Joint Inter-Services parade. Unofficially, the day is also known as 23 March|nickname =|observedby ={{Pak}}|litcolor =Pakistan Resolution and Constitution of Pakistan>Constitution|begins =|ends =|date =23 March|scheduling = Same day each year|duration =24 hours|frequency =AnnualPakistan Armed Forces>Joint Inter-Services military parade, conferring of national decorations(Diplomatic missions of Pakistan in other countries)}}|relatedto =}}Pakistan Day (}}, 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.BOOK, John Stewart Bowman, Columbia chronologies of Asian history and culture,archive.org/details/columbiachronolo00john, registration, 22 March 2011, 2000, Columbia University Press, 978-0-231-11004-4, 372, The day also celebrates the adoption of the Lahore Resolution by the Muslim League at the Minar-e-Pakistan (lit. Pakistan Tower) which called for the creation of an independent sovereign state derived from the provinces with Muslim majorities located in the North-West and East of British India (excluding autonomous princely States) on 23 March 1940.BOOK, Olson, Gillia, Pakistan : a question and answer book, 2005, Capstone Press, Mankato, Minn., 0736837574, Holidays, registration,archive.org/details/pakistanquestion0000olso, BOOK, Singh, Sarina, Brown, Lindsay, Clammer, Paul, Cocks, Rodney, Mock, John, 1, 2008, Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway, 7th, Lonely Planet, Footscray, Vic., NEWS, Rizvi, Hasan Askari, Hasan Askari Rizvi, Pakistan and March 23,tribune.com.pk/story/857380/pakistan-and-march-23/, 23 March 2015, Express Tribune, Special works published by Dr. H.A. Rizvi, Express Tribune, Rizvi, 23 March 2015, The day is celebrated annually primarily by Government officials and army staff throughout the country and is a public holiday for civilians. While civilians do not celebrate the public holiday, the Pakistan Armed Forces usually hold a military parade to celebrate both the passing of the Lahore Resolution in 1940 and the Constitution of 1956.NEWS, Agencies, Nation celebrates Pakistan Day today,www.nation.com.pk/23-Mar-2012/nation-celebrates-pakistan-day-today, The Nation (Pakistani newspaper), The Nation, 23 March 2012, 23 March 2012,www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/23-Mar-2012/nation-celebrates-pakistan-day-today," title="web.archive.org/web/20120425203627www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/23-Mar-2012/nation-celebrates-pakistan-day-today,">web.archive.org/web/20120425203627www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/23-Mar-2012/nation-celebrates-pakistan-day-today, 25 April 2012, live, NEWS, DAWN.com, Pakistan holds first Republic Day parade in seven years,www.dawn.com/news/1171371, 23 March 2015, Dawn, Dawn News, 2015, 23 March 2015,

History

File:Muslim League leaders after a dinner party, 1940 (Photo 429-6).jpg|thumb|250px|right|Group photo of Muhammad Ali Jinnah {{small|(in centre)}} and some of the Founding Fathers of Pakistan in 1940}}The Muslim League held its annual session at Minto Park in Lahore, Punjab, 23rd March 1940.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 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 nation-state in South Asia as Pakistan, even though it did not actually mention Pakistan at all.Syed Iftikhar Ahmed (1983), Essays on Pakistan, Alpha Bravo Publishers, Lahore, {{OCLC|12811079}}The resolution was moved by A. K. Fazlul Huq (26 October 1873 – 27 April 1962), often called Sher-e-Bangal, passed on 23rd March and had its signatures from the Founding Fathers of Pakistan. It reads as:www.pakistan.gov.pk/Quaid/leader5.htm" title="web.archive.org/web/20060127232758www.pakistan.gov.pk/Quaid/leader5.htm">The Pakistan Resolution, Government of Pakistan Official website. (Retrieved on 23 April 2006)The British plan to partition the Indian subcontinent into two dominions - India and Pakistan - was announced on 3 June 1947. In the event, Pakistan was created on 14 August 1947 and Indian independence came a day later. Pakistan was immediately identified as a migrant state born amid bloodshed. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, became the first Governor General of Pakistan with Mr. Liaqat Ali Khan becoming 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.Cohen, Stephen P. The idea of Pakistan. Brookings Institution Press, 2004.While Pakistan’s Independence Day celebrates its freedom from British Rule, the Republic Day celebrates the coming into force of its constitution.Works and efforts by the Basic Principles Committee drafted the basic outlines of the constitution in 1949.BOOK,www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t236/e0616,www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t236/e0616," title="web.archive.org/web/20081121052313www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t236/e0616,">web.archive.org/web/20081121052313www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t236/e0616, dead, 21 November 2008, Pakistan, Hussain, Rizwan, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, 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 from Dominion to Islamic Republic. The Governor-General was replaced with the President of Pakistan as ceremonial head of state.BOOK, Islamic Pakistan: Illusions and Reality, Abdus Sattar, Ghazali, National Book Club, Islamabad,ghazali.net/book1/chapter_3.htm, The First Islamic Republic, 21 March 2018, Initially it was called Republic Day but after Ayub Khan’s takeover its name was changed to Pakistan Day due to the end of democracy in Pakistan.

Celebrations

{{more citations needed|section|date=March 2019}}{{See also|Pakistan Day Parade}}The main celebration is held in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.NEWS, Staff work, Preparations complete for Pakistan Day parade on March 23,www.thenewstribe.com/2015/03/22/preparations-complete-for-pakistan-day-parade-on-march-23/, 24 March 2015, NewsTribe, NewsTribe, 2015, 22 March 2015, 23 March 2015,www.thenewstribe.com/2015/03/22/preparations-complete-for-pakistan-day-parade-on-march-23/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150323034336www.thenewstribe.com/2015/03/22/preparations-complete-for-pakistan-day-parade-on-march-23/,">web.archive.org/web/20150323034336www.thenewstribe.com/2015/03/22/preparations-complete-for-pakistan-day-parade-on-march-23/, dead, The President of Pakistan is usually the Chief Guest; also in attendance are the Prime Minister of Pakistan alongside the Cabinet ministers, military chiefs of staff, and chairman joint chiefs.NEWS, DAWN.com, Pakistan holds first Republic Day parade in seven years,www.dawn.com/news/1171371, 24 March 2015, Dawn Newspapers, Dawn Newspapers, 2015, 24 March 2015, A full inter-services joint military parade is rehearsed and broadcast live by the news media all over the country. The Pakistan military inter services also gives 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. These are presided by the President of Pakistan and are held early in the morning. After the parade, the President confers national awards and medals on the awardees at the Presidency. Wreaths are also laid at the mausoleums of Muhammad Iqbal and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan. In very rare times and significance, foreign dignitaries have been invited to attend the military parade.NEWS, Dawn.com, Relive Pakistan Day: 1940 – 2000,www.dawn.com/news/1171374/relive-pakistan-day-1940-2000, 24 March 2015, Dawn archives, Dawn archives, 2015, 24 March 2015, In the United States, while New York City has celebrated North America’s largest Pakistan Day parade for decades, New Jersey’s first annual Pakistan Day parade was held on August 16, 2015, in Edison and Woodbridge, New Jersey.WEB,www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2015/08/pakistan_day_parade.html, Pakistan Day Parade a display of pride in their heritage and America, Ed Murray, New Jersey On-Line LLC, August 16, 2015, August 16, 2015, live,www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2015/08/pakistan_day_parade.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20150819231556www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2015/08/pakistan_day_parade.html,">web.archive.org/web/20150819231556www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2015/08/pakistan_day_parade.html, August 19, 2015, WEB,patch.com/new-jersey/woodbridge/icymi-pakistan-day-parade-be-held-sunday-woodbridge-edison-0, ICYMI: Pakistan Day Parade To Be Held Sunday In Woodbridge, Edison, Michelle Sahn, Woodbridge Patch, August 15, 2015, August 16, 2015, live,patch.com/new-jersey/woodbridge/icymi-pakistan-day-parade-be-held-sunday-woodbridge-edison-0," title="web.archive.org/web/20150817074813patch.com/new-jersey/woodbridge/icymi-pakistan-day-parade-be-held-sunday-woodbridge-edison-0,">web.archive.org/web/20150817074813patch.com/new-jersey/woodbridge/icymi-pakistan-day-parade-be-held-sunday-woodbridge-edison-0, August 17, 2015,

Parade Commanders

From 1956 to 2018, the following officers from the army have led the joint services parade:{| class=“wikitable sortable“!Year!Officer!Unit!Notes|1983|Brigadier Nasir Khan|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 Muhammad Sarmad Ibrar|3 Baluch Regt|Later Lt. Gen.|20xx|Brigadier Badar Munir|5 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|Now Lt. Gen.|2018|Brigadier Abdul Saboor Hasan|19 FF Regt|

Foreign dignitaries who have attended the parade

From 1956 to 2019, the following foreign dignitaries attended the parade:{| class=“wikitable sortable“!Foreign dignitary!Guest of Honour!Country!Notes|1985|General RudiniIndonesia}} Indonesia|Chief of staff Indonesian Army|1987|Robert MugabeZimbabwe}} Zimbabwe|President of Zimbabwe|1996|Cassam UteemMauritius}} Mauritius|President of Mauritius|1997|OIC Heads of States|OIC Members|To attend Extra-Ordinary OIC Summit|2005|Hamid KarzaiAfghanistan|2002}} Afghanistan|President of Afghanistan|2018|Maithripala SirisenaSri Lanka}} Sri Lanka|President of Sri Lanka|2019|Mahathir MohamadMalaysia}} Malaysia|Prime Minister of Malaysia

Foreign contingents {| class“wikitable sortable”

!Year!Contingent!Country|1956|Janissary Military BandTurkey}} Turkey|1956|Iran Military ContingentIran}} Iran|1956|Turkish Military ContingentTurkey}} Turkey|1997|Janissary Military BandTurkey}} Turkey|2017|Beijing Garrison Honor Guard BattalionChina}} China|2017|Janissary Military bandTurkey}} Turkey|2018Saudi Arabian Army>Saudi Arabian Special ForcesSaudi Arabia}} Saudi Arabia|2018Armed Forces of the UAE>UAE elite unitUAE}} UAE|2018|Jordanian Armed Forces BandJordan}} Jordan|2019|Azerbaijan ArmyAzerbaijan}}|2019|People’s Liberation Army Air ForceChina}} China|2019|Turkish Air ForceTurkey}} Turkey|2019|Saudi Arabian Army (Paratroopers)Saudi Arabia}} Saudi Arabia|2019|Sri Lanka Army (Paratroopers)Sri Lanka}} Sri Lanka|2019|Royal Bahraini Army (Paratroopers)Bahrain}} Bahrain|2019|Royal Brunei Land Forces (Paratroopers)Brunei}} Brunei

See also

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

Notes and references

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External links

• Govt of Pakistan
• Pakistan Armed Forces
• Idependence of Pakistan

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