The federal government on Monday declared May 28 a public holiday in celebration of Youm-e-Takbeer, the historic day when Pakistan successfully conducted nuclear tests in the hills of Chaghai.

According to the private TV channels, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated that Youm-e-Takbeer serves as a reminder of national unity to ensure invincible defense.

Celebrated on May 28, Youm-e-Takbeer commemorates the Chagai-I and Chagai-II series of nuclear tests, which made Pakistan the seventh nation in the world and the first in the Muslim world to possess nuclear weapons.