Pakistan Celebrates Youm-e-Tashakkur Nationwide

On Friday 16th of May 2025 to honor the Armed Forces and the people for their success in Operation Bunanu-um-Marsoos and Marka-e-Haq against Indian invasion, Youm-e-Tashakkur is being marked today.

“The day began with the recitation of the Holy Quran and specific blessings at mosques.”

“The day was celebrated with a 21-gun salute in regional capitals and a 31-gun salute in the federal capital following Fajar Prayer.”

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Additionally, Quaid-i-Azam’s mausoleum in Karachi and the national poet Allama Dr. Muhammad Iqbal’s tomb in Lahore also had change of guard rituals this morning.

To honor the martyrs of “Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos”, special gatherings will be conducted with their families. Pakistan Monument in Islamabad will host the principal Youm-e-Tashakkur event.

In addition to the “Chief of Army Staff and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif will be the ceremony’s main guest”.

A truce between India and Pakistan has been extended till May 18, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. The announcement was made during a hotline conversation between the two countries’ Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs).

Speaking in the Senate on Indian aggression against Pakistan, the deputy prime minister stated that a truce was reached until the 12th of May during the 1st meeting between the DGMOs following Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos on the 10th of May. According to the most recent hotline communication, the ceasefire was extended to the 18th of May after being extended to the 14th of May in the 2nd round of negotiations between Pakistan’s DGMO Major General Kashif Abdullah and his Indian counterpart Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai.