ISLAMABAD : Today, on the festive occasion of Independence Day, I extend my warmest and heartfelt felicitations to all my fellow Pakistanis at home and abroad.
It is a matter of immense honour and pride for us all that the struggle for independence was led by eminent leaders like the Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mufakkir-e-Pakistan Poet of the East, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, and many other distinguished leaders. Today, as a nation, we pay our earnest tribute to the leaders, stalwarts and workers of the Pakistan Movement and to our forefathers who made determined efforts to turn the dream of a free motherland into a reality.
Our talented youth, skilled workforce, highly qualified professionals, hardworking farmers and labourers are the true guarantors of our country’s bright future.
During Marka-e-Haq, the armed forces, under the leadership of COAS & CDF Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, demonstrated exemplary unity, unwavering resolve and extraordinary courage, and added another glorious chapter in the history of defence and honour of our beloved homeland.
Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye is a testament of Pakistan’s effective role in the region and its emerging strategic strength. Pakistan expresses its unwavering solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people and with our brothers and sisters in Jammu and Kashmir, and reiterates its steadfast principled support for them.
Let us, on this day, renew our national resolve to work together for the development and prosperity, peace and stability, mutual harmony and national unity.
