Monday, 15 August, 2022 I 16 Muharram, 1444 I Rs 40.00 I Vol XIII No 46 I 44 Pages I Islamabad Edition
pm Shehbaz callS for national conSenSuS on ‘charter of economy’
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rIMe Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday called for a grand national dialogue and the development of a consensus on the so-called charter of the economy by all the stakeholders to transform Pakistan into an economic powerhouse. Addressing a national flag-hoisting and unveiling of the re-recording ceremony of the national anthem at the Jinnah Convention Centre, the prime minister said that on this 75th Independence Day, the government, like its forefathers, vowed to transform Pakistan into an economic giant. “If we can become a nuclear power, we can
also become an economic power but for it we have to strive day and night and prove to the world that we are no less than anyone in the world,” he added. The ceremony was attended by federal ministers, MPs, senior military and law enforcement agencies leadership and people belonging to all walks of life. “Pakistan Movement is a lesson for everyone which tells when a nation devised the course of its path, the mountain-like hurdles and seas like distances could not hamper them from achieving their goal,” the prime minister added. The prime minister recalled that when national poet Muhammad Iqbal dreamt about a separate motherland, a sense of pessimism was created that it was not feasible. “We salute the founding fathers of Pakistan who had smashed such sense of pessimism and due to their historic struggle, they are now breathing in an independence and sovereign country,” he added. The prime minister said that for decades, the Muslims in the sub-continent faced foreign subjugation, they laid down their lives, gave immense sacrifices and made a historic migration and lost their near and dear ones in that perilous journey to achieve a separate country. “They handed over an ideological country, he said and paid tribute to all those that lost their lives in the Independence Movement.” He said the creation of Pakistan was a sacred trust and mission, the first phase of which was completed, but its second phase was still incomplete. “The mission is to give practical shape to those ideals which were reflected in March 23 resolution,” he added.
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INDEPENDENCE DAY
Pakistanis celebrate diamond jubilee with zeal, fervour ISLAMABAD Staff RepoRt
The nation on Sunday celebrated 75th Independence Day with traditional zeal and enthusiasm through a number of activities to highlight the struggle of forefathers and national heroes for acquiring in today’s issue attention a separate Some readers have complained homeland. that they are not getting the It is a Diamagazine with their newspaper mond Jubilee copy. Please call or WhatsApp us at the following number to of the motherregister a complaint. land which was celeContact: 0307-7338168 irfan.farooq@pakistantoday.com.pk brated across
the country with a renewed pledge to work with the spirit of Pakistan Movement to make the country a true Islamic welfare state. The day dawned with thirty-one gun salute in the federal capital and twenty-one gun salute in the provincial headquarters. The special prayers were offered for security and progress of Pakistan and well-being of the people. National flag was observed being hoisted at all important public and private buildings. The public and private buildings as well as streets, bazaars and markets had been profusely illuminated. National flags, buntings, portraits of founding fathers, posters and banners were also seen everywhere as part of the celebration of Independence Day.
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