Youm-e-Takbeer: Sindh govt announces public holiday on May 28

KARACHI: The Sindh government announced that May 28 will be a public holiday to mark Youm-e-Takbeer, commemorating Pakistan’s nuclear tests in 1998.

All government and private institutions in the southern province will be closed, with the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) also suspending trading for the day.

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Youm-e-Takbeer is recognised as a national, gazetted holiday in the country; reaffirmed by Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif last year. On May 28, 1998, Pakistan conducted nuclear tests in the Chagi hills of Balochistan.

The test positioned Pakistan a the seventh nuclear-armed state globally and were a response to regional security dynamics, particularly following India’s nuclear tests in 1974.