Significance of 6th September

The Defence of Pakistan Day had significance in many ways, but national unity and trust between the people and the army was the spirit of 6th September. It was also manifestation of what Sallust (86-34 BC) a well-known historian, friend of Julius Caesar, politician and one of great Latin literary stylists had said, "By union (harmony) smallest states thrive, by discord the greatest are destroyed." He was witness to the waning Roman Empire. On the other hand, Enver Hoxha an Albanian leader, head of communist party, former prime minister and head of state, a country with 3 million population only had written in his book: "No matter how small a country was it could not be subdued even by the great powers, if the people remained united." As ardent a nationalist he was as he was a Communist, Hoxha excoriated any communist state that threatened the sovereignty of Albania.