KARACHI (Kashmir English): The Sindh government has announced a public holiday on May 28 that marks the successful conduct of nuclear tests in the mountains of Chaghai in 1998.
The nation will observe the Youm-e-Takbeer on May 28.
The Sindh government Monday issued a notification regarding the closure of the government and private institutions across the province.
PSX also to remain closed on May 28
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) also announced that it will remain closed on May 28.
Pakistan, with the successful nuclear tests 27 years back, became the seventh nuclear-armed country in the world and the first in the Islamic world.
India tested its “device” for the first time in 1974 which compelled Pakistan to expedite its nuclear program.
Amid slogans of “Allah-o-Akbar”, Pakistan conducted its first test on May 28, 1998, at the Ras Koh hills in the Chaghai District of Balochistan province.
The nuclear tests not only demonstrated the country’s resolve to safeguard its territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty but also the desire to preserve strategic balance in South Asia.
