ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Saturday stressed that they would have to move ahead with the same spirit as manifested on Youm-e-Takbir to attain economic sovereignty and self-dependence.
In a message on the silver jubilee celebration of country’s nuclear tests during 1998, the prime minister said the day reminded that for the defence, solidarity and national interests, they would not budge from any sacrifice.
He said the historic day was a clear declaration of ‘no compromise over country’s sovereignty, and defence’.
He underlined that it was a day to get united for the solidarity of the country as it was the main strength of the nation and expressed his determination that with such unity, hard work and staunch faith, they would turn Pakistan into ‘an economic power’.
The prime minister paid tributes to the patriotism of prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif who raised the head of Pakistan among the comity of nations with pride, adding the former prime minister had rejected all the pressures and temptations and made Pakistan, the seventh nuclear world power and the first Islamic country possessing nuclear deterrence.
آج یوم تجدید عہد کا دن ہے کہ پاکستان کے دفاع، سلامتی اور قومی مفادات کے لئے کسی قربانی سے دریغ نہیں کریں گے
— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) May 28, 2022
یوم تکبیر پر دس روزہ تقریبات کو قوم کے اتحاد اور پاکستان کی تعمیر، ترقی اور خوش حالی کے عزم کے ساتھ منایا جائے
He also lauded Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the founder of Pakistan’s nuclear programme and also paid rich tributes to all those who had worked during the tenures of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to Nawaz Sharif for making the defence of the country invincible including scientists, engineers and others.
The prime minister said the armed forces of the country had rendered valuable services for the country’s nuclear programme which had been a golden chapter in its history.
قائد محمد نوازشریف نے ہر لالچ ، ہر دباو مسترد کرکے پاکستان کو دنیا کی ساتویں اور اسلامی دنیا کی پہلی ایٹمی قوت بنایا
— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) May 28, 2022
ذوالفقار علی بھٹو سے وزیراعظم نوازشریف تک تمام حکومتوں اور جوہری پروگرام سے متعلق تمام ذمہ دار وں کو قوم سلام پیش کرتی ہے
He also appreciated Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission that played a vital role in the defence and solidarity of the country, adding that they also remembered Dr Abdul Qadir Khan, (Mohsin e Pakistan) who had spent his whole life serving the country.
The prime minister also expressed his gratitude to Saudi Arabia and other brotherly and friendly countries that had helped Pakistan during the economic sanctions.
Today in 1998, PM Nawaz Sharif rejected pressures & inducements in a bold show of leadership & made Pakistan nuclear power of the world. Now we are resolved to turn it into an economic power. My gratitude to all those who helped make our defense invincible.
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) May 28, 2022
Youm-e-Takbir Mubarak
