PAKISTAN CELEBRATES 77TH NATIONAL DAY IN ABUJA

Every year, Pakistani Day is celebrated on March 23 throughout the country to commemorate the adoption of the Pakistan Resolution by the All India Muslim League on March 23, 1940 at Lahore’s Minto Park which demanded a separate homeland for Muslims in South Asia.

The Pakistan Resolution which was originally known as Lahore Resolution-passed on March 23, 1940, holds an immense historic importance in the history of Pakistan movement.
The Founder of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah presiding the session where the resolution was presented. The resolution mainly stated that a Muslim state be made comprising of the areas where Muslim populace exists in majority.

A landmark named ‘Minar-e-Pakistan (Minaret of Pakistan) was also built at Iqbal Park, the venue of the conference in Lahore to commemorate the Lahore Resolution.
On Thursday, Pakistanis in Abuja, garthered at Pakistani embassy complex to mark its 77th National day which  was celebrated with national spirit and fervor.

Is a ceremony to mark the passing of the Pakistan Resolution on March 23, 1940, and the adoption of the first constitution of Pakistan during the transition of the Dominion of Pakistan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 23 March 1956 making Pakistan the world’s first Islamic republic.

The ceremony commenced with the recitation of verses from Holy Quran, followed by the Nigeria and the Pakistani national anthem.

The High Commissioner Agha Farooq, in a short speech at a dinner to mark the occasion noted that his country was proud of its achievements over the years in different strata and was not relenting in its effort to retain unique agricultural and technological edge garnered over the years.

He also noted the importance of Nigeria -Pakistani bilateral relations.

The occasion was attended by high dignitaries from Nigeria and other countries ,including  senator Monsurat Sunmonu Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs who highlighted the importance of the bilateral relations between Nigeria and Pakistan and said that both countries share the dream of development, peace and security.

She urged Pakistani community in Abuja to continue to unite with Nigeria in order to keep good working relationship.

She also congratulated them as they marked their 77th national day throughout the world.
Just like in Nigeria, the  day was celebrated in other parts of the world, it was marked in Dubai where Pakistani expatriates gathered in large numbers at diplomatic missions in Dubai and Abu Dhabi to mark the 77th Pakistan Day that pays tribute to father of the nation Mohammad Ali Jinnah and those who sacrificed their lives for a separate homeland for Muslims.

It was a historic event for Pakistanis throughout the world, especially in Pakistan.21- gun salute in Federal capital and 31- salute in all the provincial capitals marked the start of the day.  Chinese, Saudi and Turkish troops for the first time joined the Pakistan Day parade in the capital Islamabad on Thursday, in a sign of deepening ties.
Before Pakistan showed off long-range rockets, tanks and other military hardware, armed Chinese troops marched past Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the chief of Pakistan’s powerful military.

Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain said it was the first time Chinese troops participated in a parade in a foreign country, terming it a “historic event”, with the two countries embarking on building vast infrastructure together.

Soldiers from Saudi Arabia, a long-time Pakistan ally, also joined the parade, as did a military band from Turkey, another largely Muslim nation that has strengthened ties with nuclear-armed Pakistan in recent years.

Islamabad considers China an “all-weather friend” and in recent years the countries have grown even closer on the back of the $57 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a Beijing-funded network of road, rail and pipelines that will link western China with Pakistan’s Arabian Sea port of Gwadar.

The militaries of the two countries have in recent years also increased cooperation, with Chinese officials urging Pakistan to do more to improve security to help CPEC work.

The national day celebrations that aim at exhibiting strength glorifying the culture of Pakistan and portraying a courageous nation was celebrated was celebrated
Amazing facts about Pakistan cannot be disputed and has remained unchanged, the country has the sixth largest standing armed forces and the first Islamic state to attain nuclear power. Being the second in South Asia and the only nation in the Muslim world to have that status. Pakistan has a semi-industrialised economy with a well-integrated agricultural sector, and a growing services sector. The Pakistani economy is the 24th largest in the world in terms of purchasing power and the 41st largest in terms of nominal GDP (World Bank). It is characterised among the emerging and growth-leading economies of the world, and is backed by one of the world’s largest and fastest growing middle classes.