Kathmandu, August 14
A ceremony was organised in Kathmandu to mark the 71st Independence Day of Pakistan.
The national flag of Pakistan was hoisted on the occasion where Pakistani Ambassador to Nepal, Mazhar Javed. The envoy also read out messages of congratulations sent separately by Pakistan’s President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nasir Ul Mulk on the occasion.
SAARC Secretary General Amjad Hussain B Sial, Pakistani nationals living in Kathmandu and the embassy employees joined the ceremony.
Pakistan achieved independence from Great Britain on August 14, 1947, a day ahead of neighbour India, which celebrates its independence on August 15 every year.
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