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Pakistan Embassy celebrates 74th Independence day

 Kathmandu, Aug 14

On the occasion of the 74th Independence Day of Pakistan, its Embassy in Kathmandu organised a flag hoisting ceremony at its premises on Friday.

Ambassador, Mazhar Javed hoisted the flag amidst embassy officials, senior members of Nepal-Pakistan Friendship and Cultural Association (NPFCA) and media representatives.

 

In a televised message, Foreign Minister of Nepal Pradeep Kumar Gyawali expressed his felicitations to the people of Pakistan and appreciated the friendly cordial relations between the two countries.

 

President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi, in a message, reaffirmed the resolve to live up to the ideals of Pakistan’s founding fathers, and paid homage to the heroic struggle of all the workers of Pakistan movement.

 

Likewise, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan paid tribute to all those who laid their lives while defending and protecting the territorial and ideological frontiers of the motherland.

 

Addressing the ceremony, Ambassador Javed recalled the history of Pakistan movement under the leadership of Quraid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

 

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 15 August 2020. 

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