According to internet media:23 March holds a significant place in the history of Pakistan. To mark this day in a befitting , an Armed Forces Pakistan Day Parade is held every year in Islamabad.
Pakistan Day is being celebrated across the country today on Wednesday. March 23 is the day when ‘Pakistan Resolution’ was adopted in Lahore in 1940. The day began with 31 gun-salutes in the federal capital, while 21 each in provincial capitals of the country. The change of guard ceremony was held at the mausoleum of Allama Muhammad Iqbal in which Pakistan Air force took the guard from Pakistan Rangers.
The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Lahore قرارداد لاھور), commonly known as the Pakistan Resolution (قرارداد پاکستان Qarardad-e-Pakistan),[1] was a formal political statement adopted by the Muslim League at the occasion of its three-day general session on 22–24 March 1940 that called for greater Muslim autonomy in British India. This has been largely interpreted as a demand for a separate Muslim state, Pakistan.[2] The resolution was presented by A. K. Fazlul Huq.
Although the name "Pakistan" had been proposed by Choudhary Rahmat Ali in his Pakistan Declaration[3] in 1933, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and other leaders had kept firm their belief in Hindu-Muslim unity.[4] However, the volatile political climate and religious hostilities gave the idea stronger backing.[5]
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