Published on, Sept. 6 -- September 6, 2025 12:45 AM

The dawn of 6th September 1965 broke like any other. Lahore was waking up gently, its streets filled with schoolchildren in uniforms, traders raising shutters, and the sacred call of Fajr echoing across the horizon. But in the stillness of that morning, an enemy advanced with arrogance, its tanks rumbling across borders, its eyes fixed on our heartland. They believed that Pakistan would be shaken, that the young nation would collapse under the weight of their power.

What they did not realize was that Pakistan was no ordinary land-it was faith breathing in the hearts of millions, it was sacrifice etched into the veins of its defenders, it was resolve forged in fire. On that day, the ene...