Pakistan Day

Pakistan Day

March 23This national holiday is also known as Republic Day, and is the anniversary of a 1940 resolution calling for a Muslim country for Muslim Indians. On the same day in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic within the British Commonwealth.
Pakistan Day is celebrated with parades and fairs.
CONTACTS:
Embassy of Pakistan
3517 International Ct. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20008
202-243-6500; fax: 202-686-1544
www.embassyofpakistanusa.org
SOURCES:
AnnivHol-2000, p. 49
NatlHolWrld-1968, p. 37

Celebrated in: Pakistan