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Pakistan celebrates 72nd Independence Day

A building is decorated and illuminated to mark Pakistan’s Independence day in Lahore on August 10, 2018. (Photo: ARIF ALI/AFP/Getty Images )

By: Keerthi Mohan

Pakistan on Tuesday (14) celebrated its 72nd Independence Day with commemorative ceremonies across the country. Festivities began with hoisting of the national flag at all important public buildings in the country, and a 31-gun salute was held in Pakistan’s capital city of Islamabad. There was a 21-gun salute in all four provincial capitals, reported Dawn, a Pakistan daily. A flag hoisting ceremony was held at Islamabad’s Jinnah Convention Centre Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan wished the nation on Independence Day and vowed to realise Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Iqbal’s vision for Pakistan. The country’s prime minister-in-waiting tweeted:  “14…

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