Bill Text: TX HR531 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Resolution 531

Introduced

Bill Title: Designating March 23, 2023, as Pakistan Day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to State Affairs [HR531 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HR531-Introduced.html



	By: Lalani	H.R. No. 531



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