PM Shehbaz urges nation to move ahead with same spirit as manifested on Youm-e-Takbeer

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said the nation would have to move ahead with the same spirit as manifested on Youm-e-Takbeer to attain economic sovereignty and self-dependence.

 

In a message on the occasion of Youm-Takbeer to mark the day of nuclear tests carried out by Pakistan in 1998, the Prime Minister said the day reminds that for the defence, solidarity and national interests, we would not budge from any sacrifice.

He expressed the determination that with unity, hard work and staunch faith, we would turn Pakistan into an economic power.

The Prime Minister said twenty-five years ago today, the people of Pakistan announced the invincibility of their defence by detonating five nuclear explosions in response to India's nuclear explosions.

Shehbaz Sharif paid tributes to the patriotism of then Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif who raised the head of Pakistan among the comity of nations with pride by rejecting all pressures and temptations.

He also lauded Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the founder of Pakistan's nuclear programme and also paid rich tributes to Benazir Bhutto Shaheed who, as an opposition leader backed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's decision of nuclear tests in 1998.

The prime minister also eulogized the role of armed forces and scientists, engineers and other individuals who contributed to Pakistan's atomic program.