Youm-e-Takbeer

28 May

Pakistan

Why this date

Marks Pakistan's nuclear tests in the Chagai Hills, Balochistan, on 28 May 1998, making it the first Muslim nuclear power and the seventh in the world.

About the day

After India's nuclear tests on 11 and 13 May 1998, Pakistan carried out five tests on 28 May and one more on 30 May under Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The name 'Takbeer' (Allahu Akbar) was chosen through a public contest. Dr A. Q. Khan and Dr Samar Mubarakmand are closely associated with the programme.

Observed by

Government of Pakistan