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These shows are also displayed on national TV channels. National songs, special documentaries about 6 September 1965, and the stories of the people killed that day are displayed on TV. On this day, a change of guard ceremony takes place at Mazar-e-Quaid, Karachi, where the Pakistan Air Force Academy cadets present the Guard of Honour and take ...
Air Force Day (Urdu: یوم فضائیه or Youm-e-Fizaya) is celebrated in Pakistan as a national day on 7 September, after the annual celebration of the Defence Day. Airshows and other programs mark the Pakistan Air Force 's (PAF) role in defending the nation in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 .
Pakistan celebrates Defence Day every year to commemorate 6 September 1965 to pay tribute to the soldiers killed in the war. [261] However, Pakistani journalists, including Taha Siddiqui [262] and Haseeb Asif [263] have criticised the celebration of Defence Day.
6 September as Defence Day (Youm-e-Difa) in Pakistan. [126] 7 September as Air Force Day (Youm-e-Fizaya) in Pakistan. [126] 8 September as Victory Day/Navy Day (Youm-e-Bahr'ya) in Pakistan. 4 December as Navy Day in India. 16 December as Vijay Diwas (Victory Day) in India. 16 December as Bijoy Dibosh (Victory Day) in Bangladesh.
The citation reads as follows in English (with editorial additions): Major Raja Aziz Bhatti known as "Muhafiz-e-Lahore (Defender of Lahore)" received Pakistans highest award for his valor. He was born in Hong Kong in [a] Muslim Rajput family (belongs to Lahore) in 1928. He got commissioned in [the] Pakistan Army in 1950 (17 Punjab Regiment).
The Youm-e-Difa (English: Defence Day) – Pakistan's day in remembrance of fallen soldiers of the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 – is observed on 6 September. [172] Memorial services are held in the presence of Pakistan's top military and civil officials. [173]
In “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis,” J.D. Vance wrote, “I don’t believe in epiphanies. I don’t believe in transformative moments, as transformation is harder ...
September 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) The earliest date on which the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is performed; Armed Forces Day (São Tomé and Príncipe) Defence Day or Army Day (Pakistan) Flag Day (Bonaire) Independence Day (Swaziland), celebrates the independence of Eswatini from the United Kingdom in 1968; Unification Day (Bulgaria)