Pakistan Wednesday
celebrated its 76th National Day.
On the occasion,
ambassador of Pakistan to Nepal Mazhar Javed hoisted the national flag of
Pakistan amidst a ceremony held at the Embassy of Pakistan in Kathmandu.
Special messages of
President and Prime Minister of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain and Muhammad Nawaz
Sharif respectively were also read out at the function.
Officials of the
embassy and Pakistani community in Kathmandu and other guests participated in
the ceremony.
Meanwhile,
Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun attended Pakistan Day reception organized by
the embassy at Hyatt Regency hotel.
The reception was
attended by diplomats, Nepalese dignitaries, including Chief of the Army Staff,
government officials, political leaders, Pakistani community members,
academicians, businessmen, bankers, media persons and members of civil society.
Pakistan Day also
called Republic Day is celebrated to commemorate the Lahore Resolution of 23
March 1940 when the Muslim League drafted the political resolution that called
for creating an independent federation of four provinces located in
north-western region.
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