ISLAMABAD – The country
celebrates the 76th anniversary of Pakistan Day today with a transformed initiative
to make Pakistan robust by completely wiping out the threat of terrorism,
achieving defensible monetary development and greater political steadiness.
The day – which marks the
significant event in 1940 when the Lahore Resolution was approved – demanding a
separate homeland for Muslims of the subcontinent, will dawn with a 31-gun
salute in the federal capital and 21-gun salutes in provincial capitals.
Special prayers will be offered in mosques after morning prayers for the honor
and unity of the country.
It will be a public
holiday and national flag will hoist on all the government buildings. The
traditional military parade will be the mega event of the Pakistan Day
celebrations that will be held at the Parade Ground near the landmark
Shakarparian hills in Islamabad.
Groups of the Parade
including foot columns of Army, Navy, Pakistan Air Force, Frontier Corps,
Northern Light Infantry, Mujahid Force, Islamabad Police, tri-service Lady
officers, tri-service Armed Forces Nursing Service, Girls Guide, Boys Scouts,
Special Service Group from three Services, mechanized columns of Armoured
Corps, Artillery, Army Air Defence, Signals, Engineers, Army Strategic Force
Command, Camel Band and President's body guards will exhibit their professional
skills.
Fighter aircraft of PAF,
Pakistan Navy and helicopters of the Army Aviation will present the fly-past,
while there will be a heartwarming show by the Sherdil formation, JF-17 Thunder
and F-16 (Fighting Falcon) of PAF. Skydivers of the three services will also
perform para-jumps. Besides other activities, a change of guard ceremony will
be held at the tomb of national poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal in Lahore in the
morning.
Photo exhibitions will be
arranged at the arts galleries in different cities depicting different aspects
of Independence Movement and photographs of the founding fathers. The day will
also be celebrated with traditional zeal and enthusiasm in Gilgit-Baltistan and
Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The Pakistan Day functions will also be held at
Pakistani missions abroad where ambassadors and high commissioners will unfurl
the national flag and read out the messages of the President and Prime
Minister.
Different political,
social, religious, and literary organizations will arrange functions to
highlight importance of the Pakistan Resolution that paved the way for the
creation of an independent homeland for the Muslims of the Indian
sub-continent.
Radio Pakistan, Pakistan
Television and other electronic channels will broadcast special programs on the
occasion, while newspapers will publish special supplements, highlighting
significance of the day. Foolproof security arrangements have been made to
avoid any untoward incident, besides a special traffic plan for the day in the
twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
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