ISLAMABAD: PM pays tribute to ZAB, Nawaz Sharif and all scientists associated with nuclear test; ISPR says country had achieved minimum defense capability today; Bilawal says nuclear program is for peace and stability in the region
A silver jubilee of the nuclear tests was being observed on Sunday to mark in remembrance of nuclear tests conducted on May 28, 1998 that gave country strategic nuclear deterrence in the region.
The day, now remembered as Youm-e-Takbeer, is celebrated every year across the country as a day of national pride and thanksgivings which made Pakistan the seventh nuclear nation of the world and the first Muslim state, having the nuclear arsenal in its defense stockpile to exercise maximum deterrence for peaceful purposes.
government,” the minister said.
“The People’s Party is still following the footsteps of martyred leaders on the nuclear programme,” Bilawal vowed.
He said Pakistan’s nuclear program is for peace and stability in the region.
The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a special statement issued said,“ Today, the complete Pakistani nation celebrates the Silver Jubilee of Youm-e-Takbeer and commemorates the remarkable achievement of establishing Credible Minimum Deterrence.“
ISPR DG said this achievement has reshaped the power dynamics in our region.
Pakistan Army statement reads, “Armed Forces pay rich tribute to the brilliant minds who conceived and achieved this accomplishment under daunting challenges. We salute the scientists and engineers who turned the impossible into a reality. Long Live Pakistan.”
