The term Defence Day Celebrations are synonymous to the resolve of the Pakistani Nation to defend the territorial integrity of its motherland from external and internal aggression while preserving the Ideology of Pakistan. Commonly celebrated on 6th September to commemorate the great sacrifices rendered by Pakistan Armed Forces against the Indian display of its military might, the Defence Day actually denotes each and every occasion when Pakistani Armed Forces supported by all segments of society defeated both covert and overt attempts by our adversary to inflict damage on the core interests of Pakistan.
Since the creation of Pakistan, India has always been conspiring to weaken the newly born state by employing all available means at its disposal. The first act of aggression committed by India was to invade Muslim majority State of Jammu & Kashmir which remains the bone of contention between the two arch rivals in South Asia till to date.
Today’s Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan are the living legends of the bravery and resolve of the people of the newly founded nation. United uprising and response generated by all segments of Pakistani society against this act of external aggression was the first display of the “Defence Day”. Baffled by the spirit of the Pakistani nation to not only defend its territorial integrity but the ability to regain Indian Occupied Kashmir, India took shelter of the United Nations.
