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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, March 23, 2023, is Pakistan Day, and this occasion |
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provides a fitting opportunity to commemorate the 83rd anniversary |
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of the Lahore Resolution and to welcome those visiting the State |
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Capitol in observance of the day; and |
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WHEREAS, A milestone in Pakistan's struggle for |
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independence, the Lahore Resolution was presented on March 23, |
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1940, by the All-India Muslim League at its annual public session in |
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Lahore; it supported the creation of a homeland in Muslim-majority |
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provinces in British India; and |
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WHEREAS, The 23rd of March is now marked as Pakistan Day to |
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celebrate the passage of this resolution; and |
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WHEREAS, The adoption of the Lahore Resolution represented a |
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galvanizing moment in a long, evolutionary political process, which |
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ultimately led to the establishment of the Islamic Republic of |
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Pakistan as the world's first Islamic republic; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate Pakistan Day and recognize all those |
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who are visiting the State Capitol on March 23, 2023, in honor of |
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this special day. |