National Women's Day (Pakistan)
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National Women's Day in Pakistan is 12 February of each year, chosen to mark the first women's march in Pakistan against the Zia ul Haq's military regime.[1] The date 12 February 1983 is significant in the history of women's rights in Pakistan because the first such march was brutally suppressed by the martial law enforced by the police of General Zia ul Haq's regime.[2][3][4][5][6][7] The Day is over three weeks before International Women's Day when the Aurat Marches take place in Pakistan.[8]