Pakistan celebrates 21st anniversary of being 1st Islamic nuclear power.

ISLAMABAD: Nation observed Youm-e-Takbeer Tuesday to celebrate Pakistan's historic nuclear tests at Chaghi hills that ranked Pakistan as 7th atomic power in the world and first ever in the Islamic world.

On this day in 1998, Pakistan conducted five successful nuclear tests in the north-western Chaghi district of Balochistan in response to continued aggressive posturing by its neighbor, India.

Pakistan's decision to test its nuclear weapons was in response to India, who conducted a series of five nuclear bomb test explosions at the Pokhran in May, 1998.

Pakistanis in the country and across the globe observe d Youm-e-Takbeer as an opportunity to...