Let us start celebrating the Republic Day once again.
With the promulgation of the first Constitution in 1956, we became the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It was decided that March 23 would be henceforth celebrated as the Republic Day.
Two years later, martial law was imposed. The military regime obviously could not celebrate a Republic Day because the constitution was not there. Therefore, the clever people around the rulers decided that March 23 would be henceforth celebrated as “Pakistan Day.” It did not make sense because August 14 was the day when Pakistan came into being while March 23 was the day when we finally terminated the formal links with the UK and turned the country into a republic.
Since the martial law continued for a long time under various military rulers, the people forgot the significance of celebrating the Republic Day.
Now that we have democracy once again, we should resume the celebration of March 23 as the Republic Day. Let the change take effect with an official notification from the Federal Government.
