ANKARA: 14
August 2017: The 70th
Independence Day of Pakistan was celebrated in Ankara at an impressive ceremony
at Pakistan Embassy in Ankara today. Charge d'Affaires of Pakistan to Turkey,
Syed Ali Asad Gilani, raised the Pakistan flag on the tune of the National
Anthem in presence of the Pakistani community, Pakistani students and Embassy
officials and their families.
The special messages of
the President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan
Abbasi were read out on the occasion. Pakistani leadership in their separate
messages paid glowing tributes to the sacrificies of our ancestors. They
expressed strong resolve to make Pakistan a cradle of peace, brotherhood and a
welfare society which will be an example for the world to follow.
In his remarks on the
occasion, Syed Ali Asad Gilani paid rich tributes to the leadership of
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the sacrifices of our forefathers, which
resulted in the creation of Pakistan 70 years ago. He said Pakistan’s national
interests should be above our personal interests. We will not hesitate to make
any sacrifice for our motherland, he added.
“Participation of Turkish Air Force’s “Solo
Turk” in independence day celebrations of Pakistan through its unique performance
in air show has won the hearts of the entire Pakistani nation,” said Charge
d'Affaires Ali Asad Gilani. Solo Turk team pilots, Captain Erhan Gunar and
Captain Serdar Dogan are participating in largest ever air show in the
country’s history, being held at Islamabad and Karachi today. Ali Asad Gilani informed
the participants that Pakistan and Turkey would soon issue a joint postage
stamp as part of the celebrations of the 70th
Anniversary of Pakistan’s Independence as well as the 70th Year of
Pakistan-Turkey Diplomatic relations.
Afterwards,
flanked by Pakistani children, Charge
d'Affaires Ali Asad Gilani cut the Independence Day
cake.
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