{"id":2699,"date":"2013-03-26T10:43:39","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T05:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanhc.lk\/?p=2699"},"modified":"2020-01-09T00:18:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T18:48:21","slug":"pakistani-community-in-sri-lanka-celebrated-74th-national-day-of-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/?p=2699","title":{"rendered":"PAKISTANI COMMUNITY IN SRI LANKA CELEBRATED 74TH NATIONAL DAY OF PAKISTAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><strong>PAKISTANI COMMUNITY IN SRI LANKA CELEBRATED 74<sup>TH<\/sup>\u00a0NATIONAL DAY OF PAKISTAN<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/2013\/03\/pakistani-community-in-sri-lanka-celebrated-74th-national-day-of-pakistan\/high-commissioner-of-pakistan-maj-gen-r-qasim-qureshi-hoisting-the-national-flag-of-pakistan\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2700\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2700\" title=\"High Commissioner of Pakistan Maj Gen (R) Qasim Qureshi hoisting the national flag of Pakistan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/High-Commissioner-of-Pakistan-Maj-Gen-R-Qasim-Qureshi-hoisting-the-national-flag-of-Pakistan-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"PAKISTANI COMMUNITY IN SRI LANKA CELEBRATED 74TH NATIONAL DAY OF PAKISTAN\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>The High Commission of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Pakistani community based in Sri Lanka celebrated the 74<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0National Day of Pakistan with traditional fervor and resolve to make Pakistan a strong, vibrant, progressive and democratic Islamic welfare state.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The National Day of Pakistan is celebrated every year on the 23<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0March to commemorate the most outstanding achievement of the Muslims of South Asia who passed the historic \u201cPakistan Resolution\u201d on this day at Lahore in 1940 which culminated in creation of Pakistan after 7 years.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka, Maj Gen (R) Qasim Qureshi hoisted the national flag of Pakistan in an impressive ceremony held at the Pakistan High Commission here this morning to mark the occasion. Later, the messages of the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan were read out to the participants.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The High Commissioner of Pakistan H.E Qasim Qureshi in his message on the occasion said that Pakistan and Sri Lanka continue to maintain their traditionally close and mutually beneficial relations which are\u00a0based on mutual respect and trust. He said that the\u00a0strength\u00a0of Pak Sri Lanka relationship\u00a0lies in diversified engagement in many fields such as trade, defense, science, culture and education.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The High Commissioner further said that the\u00a0democratically elected parliament and government\u00a0of Pakistan\u00a0have for the first time,\u00a0successfully completed their five years tenure.\u00a0\u201cWe look forward to a free and fair elections and a smooth transfer of power to the chosen representatives of our people,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He expressed his\u00a0believe that consolidation of democratic institutions will result in stability and good governance\u00a0in Pakistan.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The High Commissioner\u00a0hoped\u00a0that the efforts being made by the government of Sri Lanka in the resettlement and rehabilitation of people affected by war\u00a0will be\u00a0soon completed,\u00a0enabling\u00a0Sri Lanka\u00a0to\u00a0preserve\u00a0its hard earned religious and ethnic harmony.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>H.E Qasim Qureshi also extended\u00a0sincere greetings and best wishes on behalf of the government and people of Pakistan to the government and people of Sri Lanka and the international community.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The ceremony was attended by a large number of participants from various walks of life including members of the Sri Lanka Pakistan Friendship Association, prominent Sri Lankan personalities and the Pakistani community based in Sri Lanka.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAKISTANI COMMUNITY IN SRI LANKA CELEBRATED 74TH\u00a0NATIONAL DAY OF PAKISTAN \u00a0 \u00a0 The High Commission of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Pakistani community based in Sri Lanka celebrated the 74th\u00a0National Day of Pakistan with traditional fervor and resolve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,63],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2699"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8397,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2699\/revisions\/8397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}