Father’s Day was celebrated on Sunday across the globe including Pakistan.
Father’s Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood‚ paternal bonds‚ and the influence of fathers in society. Father’s Day complements Mother’s Day‚ a celebration that honors mothers and motherhood. Father’s Day is celebrated popularly on 3rd Sunday in June in many parts of the world.
The idea for creating a day for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane‚ Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Having been raised by her father‚ Henry Jackson Smart‚ after her mother died‚ Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was‚ in the eyes of his daughter‚ a courageous‚ selfless‚ and loving man. Sonora’s father was born in June‚ so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane‚ Washington on the 19th of June‚ 1910.
