{"id":125631,"date":"2026-05-10T09:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=125631"},"modified":"2026-05-10T09:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:59:16","slug":"etched-in-history-pm-shehbaz-says-pakistan-cannot-be-intimidated-or-subdued-as-nation-marks-marka-i-haq-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/125631\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Etched in history’: PM Shehbaz says Pakistan cannot be ‘intimidated or subdued’ as nation marks Marka-i-Haq anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ISLAMABAD(National Times)- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that Pakistan can neither be \u201cintimidated nor subdued by any aggressor\u201d as the nation marks the first anniversary of\u00a0Marka-i-Haq<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year\u2019s confrontation with India, beginning with the April 22 Pahalgam attack<\/u><\/a> and the subsequent military conflict \u2014 which resulted in a resounding victory for Pakistan \u2014 until the ceasefire<\/a> on May 10, is now referred to by the state as Marka-i-Haq<\/em><\/a> (Battle of Truth).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMarka-i-Haq<\/em> bears testimony that Pakistanis are a peace-loving, yet courageous, resilient, and dignified nation who can neither be intimidated nor subdued by any aggressor,\u201d said the premier in a statement released by the Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prime minister, expressing his gratitude to the Almighty, said the day commemorates Pakistan\u2019s \u201cvaliant stand in adversity\u201d and the \u201ccrushing defeat\u201d inflicted upon India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe nation pays tribute to its martyrs, their families and the ghazis<\/em> who stood like a steel wall to defend their homeland,\u201d said the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The premier said the well-coordinated and synchronised response by Pakistan\u2019s armed forces across land, sea, air and cyber domains established Pakistan as an \u201cinvincible nation\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said Marka-i-Haq<\/em> is etched in history as an \u201cepic feat of achieving overwhelming dominance over an enemy, bent on unprovoked aggression\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PM Shehbaz maintained that India was administered a \u201cheavy dose of reality serum to dispel its illusion of invincibility\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He maintained that there should be no doubt that any aggression to undermine the country will be met with immediate, befitting and full-spectrum response, adding that the nation \u201cstand determined and vigilant to ensure security\u201d along its frontiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The premier also paid tribute to Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir for his bold and courageous leadership and Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber and Navy Chief Admiral Naveed Ashraf for their strategic prudence, added the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe also salute officers and soldiers of the valiant Armed Forces, who, with unflinching support of the Pakistani nation, inscribed a new chapter in Pakistan-India context,\u201d said the PMO statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He maintained that Pakistan clearly manifested its desire for peace during the conflict, while also re-establishing deterrence and safeguarding its security, sovereignty and territorial integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Referring to terrorism in Pakistan, the prime minister said the nation remains \u201csteadfast in our efforts to root out \u2018Fitna al Khawarij<\/em>\u2019 and \u2018Fitna al Hindustan<\/em>\u2019 and take the fight against terrorism to its logical conclusion\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fitna al Khawarij<\/u><\/em><\/a> is a term the state uses for terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, while Fitna al Hindustan<\/em> is a term designated by the state for terrorist organisations in Balo\u00adchistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On occupied Kashmir, the premier maintained that it remains an unfinished agenda of Partition and strategic stability in the region would remain a distant dream without resolution of the Kashmir issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStrategic stability in South Asia, without the resolution of Kashmir issue, would remain a distant dream which needs to be resolved in accordance with the United Nations resolutions and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people. Pakistan shall continue to stand by the fundamental right of freedom and self-determination of Kashmiri people,\u201d said the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime Minister Shehbaz elaborated that a year on, Pakistan is recognised as a responsible nation that \u201cnot only knows how to defend itself, but has also emerged as a guarantor of global peace and stability\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Touching on recent efforts to end the Iran-US conflict, the premier said the country has earned worldwide acknowledgement for its role as a key mediator and its efforts to end the violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCommemorating the sacrifices of our martyrs during Marka-i-Haq<\/em>, let us pledge to face our adversaries like a \u2018Steel Wall\u2019 and work selflessly for the destined glory of this great homeland,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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