Punjab Arts Council Rawalpindi on Sunday organized the ‘Sab Say Pehlay Pakistan’ flag rally in connection with the Pakistan Independence Day cerebrations.
The rally led by Director Arts Council Waqar Ahmed started from Murree Road and ended at Arts Council. The rally was accompanied by a musical band playing national anthems. Anjum Khabibi, Yar Muhammad Khan, Dozens of artists including Raja Abdul Sattar, Arshad Minhas, Sapna Shah, Saeed Anwar Afzal Latifi, Arshad Khan, Anjam Abbasi participated.
Artists, common citizens and students of the Arts Council also sang national songs on the occasion. The participants of the rally held the Pakistan flag in their hands and chanted Pakistan Zindabad. Addressing the rally, Director Arts Council Waqar Ahmed congratulated the nation on the commencement of Independence Day celebrations and said that living nations celebrate their Independence Day with full enthusiasm. Waqar Ahmed further said that there is no substitute for freedom in the world and the world develops only in freedom. We should be grateful to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Iqbal, thanks to whom we are breathing in free air today, according to the government’s vision, Pakistan will soon emerge as a major economic power in the world, he added.
