Dipl: (Pakistan Day celebrated in Sri Lanka)

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan High Commission and the Pakistani community based in Sri Lanka celebrated the 79th National Day of Pakistan with traditional fervor and resolve to make Pakistan a strong, vibrant, progressive, democratic and welfare state.

High Commissioner of Pakistan, Maj. Gen. (R) Dr. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat unfurled the Pakistani flag to the tune of Pakistan’s national anthem in a ceremony held at the Pakistan High Commission on Saturday morning.

Special messages by the President and the Prime Minister of Pakistan were readout at the occasion.