The Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Pakistani community based in Hong Kong celebrated the 81st National Day of Pakistan with traditional fervour and resolve to make Pakistan a strong, vibrant, progressive, democratic and welfare state, says a press release received here today from Hong Kong.
Consul General of Pakistan Mr. Bilal Ahmad Butt unfurled the Pakistani flag to the tune of Pakistan’s national anthem in a ceremony held at the Pakistan Club, Hong Kong.
The National Day of Pakistan is celebrated on 23rd March every year in remembrance of the historic 1940 resolution passed in Lahore, calling for a separate homeland for Muslims of the subcontinent that ultimately led to the creation of Pakistan on August 14, 1947.
Special messages by the President and the Prime Minister of Pakistan were readout, in which both the leaders highlighted the importance of the day and paid tributes to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal and other leaders of the Pakistan Movement. Participants condemned the Indian Illegal Occupation of Jammu & Kashmir and resolved to support to their brethren for their right to self-determination.
At the end of ceremony, a cake commemorating the Pakistan’s National Day was cut by the Consul General along with Consul Generals of Indonesia, Qatar, Turkey and Consul of Iran.
The ceremony was attended by the limited members of Pakistani community based in Hong Kong due to Covid-19 pandemic.
