Across Pakistan, citizens celebrated the 72nd Independence day with traditional zeal and fervor as the clock struck midnight and fireworks lit up the sky.
Fireworks at Minar-e-Pakistan #Lahore earlier tonight. #IndependenceDay Celebrations!!! pic.twitter.com/HcWBN0IYQI
— Syed Raza Mehdi (@SyedRezaMehdi) August 13, 2018
The festivities started with a prayer of thanks, the hoisting of the national flag at all important public buildings in the country, and a 31-gun salute in the capital followed by 21-gun salutes in all four provincial capitals. Pakistan Rangers Officials exchanged sweets with Indian Border Security Force personnel at the Wagah Border crossing.
The main ceremony shall be hosted at Islamabad’s Convention Centre. President Mamnoon Hussain will hoist the national flag there. The ceremony will be attended by caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk, the three chiefs of the armed forces and other notable personalities.
Earlier, Flag hoisting ceremonies were held in the provincial capitals as well as district headquarters. Change-of-guard ceremonies were also held at the mausoleums of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Iqbal in Karachi and Lahore, respectively.
Citizens flocked to stalls that lined up streets to purchase national flags in different sizes, t-shirts, badges and other merchandise to display their national pride.
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