78th National Pakistan Day-23rd March

P akistan Day or National Pakistan Day also called Pakistan Resolution Day

is celebrated on 23rd March every year. The purpose of the day is to commemorate the Lahore Resolution passed on 23rd March 1940 and adaptation of the first constitution of Pakistan on 23rd March 1956 making Pakistan the world’s first Islamic republic. The day celebrates the adoption of Pakistan Resolution by the Muslim League at the Minar-e-Pakistan Lahore. The resolution called for establishing an independent federation comprising provinces with majority Muslim located in the northeastern and northwestern region of British controlled India. Who Passed-Presented Resolution of Pakistan? The Pakistan Resolution (also known as Lahore Resolution or Qarardad-e-Pakistan) was drafted by 25 member working committee of All India Muslim League. On the instructions of working Committee, the resolution was presented by Maulvi A.K Fazlul Haq at Minto Park (Now renamed as Iqbal Park) in Lahore on 23rd March 1940 during the annual session of all India Muslim League. The resolution adopted in the same session by Muslim league membership. Today the importance of resolution is remembered in Pakistan through Minar-ePakistan structure that stands at Iqbal Park in Lahore. Following is the list of All India Muslim League working committee who mainly drafted Pakistan Resolution during annual Muslim League session meeting in March 1940 at Lahore. 1. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah 2. Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan 3. Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan 4. Sir Shahnawaz Khan Mamdot 5. Amir Ahmed Khan Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad 6. Maulvi A.K. Fazlul Huq 7. Sir Abdullah Haroon 8. Al-Hajj Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin 9. Amjadi Bano Begum 10. Molana Muhammad Akram Khan 11. Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman 12. Nawab Muhammad Ismail Khan 13. Sir Currimbhoy Ebrahim 14. Ali Muhammad Khan Dehlvi 15. Qazi Muhammad Isa 16. Sardar Aurangzeb Khan 17. Abdul Mateen Chauhdry 18. Ashiq Mohamed Warsi 19. Haji Abdus Sattar Essak Saith 20. S.M. Sharif 21. Syed Abdul Rauf Shah 22. Mohammad Latif ur Rahman 23. Abdul Rehman Siddiqui 24. Malik Barkat Ali 25. Sadullah Khan Umarzai National Pakistan DayWhat is Resolution of Pakistan? During the annual Muslim League session 22nd to 24th March at Lahore, Muhammad Ali Jinnah and other Founding Fathers narrated the events regarding the major differences between Hindus and Muslims. On 23rd March 1940, a historical Resolution passed that became the base for the formation of a new nation-state in South Asia. Quoting Lahore Resolution: “No constitutional plan would be workable or acceptable to the Muslims unless geographical contiguous units are demarcated into regions which should be so constituted with such territorial readjustments as may be necessary. That the areas in which the Muslims are numerically in majority as in the North-Western and Eastern zones of India should be grouped to constitute independent states in which the constituent units shall be autonomous and sovereign”. The British plan to partition India into Pakistan and Hindustan announced on 3rd June 1947. Pakistan came into existence in the world on 14th August 1947, and Hindustan got independence from British one day later on 15th August 1947. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan became the first Governor General of Pakistan and Mr. Liaqat Ali Khan the first prime minister. Indian Act 1935 remained the legal framework for Pakistan till 1956. On 23rd March 1956, the state passed and enforced its own constitution. Independence Day of Pakistan is a celebration of freedom from British rule whereas the Republic day celebrates of coming into force of its constitution.