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Nation Celebrates Pakistan Day With Traditional Zeal

ISLAMABAD: The nation is celebrating Pakistan Day today (Saturday) across the country with traditional zeal and fervour.

The day marks the adoption of historic Lahore Resolution this day in 1940 that provided a framework for the realization of the goal of a separate homeland for Muslims of South Asia.

The Day dawned with a 31-one-gun salute in the Federal Capital and twenty-one-gun salute in provincial capitals.

Special prayers were offered in mosques after Fajr prayers for the progress and prosperity of the country. The national flag will be hoisted on all major government buildings.

The main feature of the day will be the grand military parade in Islamabad where contingents of the three armed forces and the security forces will conduct march past.

Various aeroplanes belonging to Army Aviation and Pakistan Air Force will demonstrate aerobatic feats for the audience. Similarly, combat and attack helicopters, as well as skydivers of airborne units from the three armed forces, will also showcase their skills.

The parade will also showcase cultures of all the four provinces. Cultural delegates and floats from Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir will feature during the ceremony.

Malaysian Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohammad will be the guest of honour at the parade. President Dr Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Imran Khan, ministers, members of the Parliament, the three services chiefs and diplomats will also witness the parade.

Defence Minister Azerbaijan, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Bahrain and government officials from Oman will also attend the ceremony.

Various contingents from Azerbaijan, Bahrain, China, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Turkey will participate in the Parade.

An investiture ceremony will also be held at Aiwan-e-Sadr in the evening where the President of Pakistan will confer civil awards on individuals demonstrating feats in different fields of science and arts.

One hundred and seventy-one personalities, including some foreigners, have been selected for this year’s awards.