{"id":13654,"date":"2017-08-14T12:30:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T07:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=13654"},"modified":"2022-12-13T13:26:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T08:26:28","slug":"flag-hoisting-ceremony-marks-pakistan-70th-independence-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=13654","title":{"rendered":"Flag-hoisting ceremony marks Pakistan 70th Independence anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ISLAMABAD Aug. 14 (TNS):<\/strong> Pakistan began celebrating its 70<sup>th<\/sup> Independence anniversary on Monday with commemorative ceremonies held in cities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The main ceremony of the day was held at Islamabad&#8217;s Convention Centre, where President Mamnoon Hussain hoisted the Pakistani flag. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang \u2014 who is the chief guest \u2014 and all three chiefs of the armed services were present at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The day began with a 31-gun salute in the federal capital along with a 21-gun salute in each provincial capital. Flag hoisting ceremonies were held in the provincial capitals and district headquarters, and change of guard ceremonies were held at Mazar-i-Quaid and Mazar-i-Iqbal.<\/p>\n<p>Later Chairman Senate Raza Rabbani and speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq laid a floral wreath on the memorial of forgotten heroes of democracy inside the Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the ceremony at the packed Convention Centre, Chinese Vice- Premier Wang Yang congratulated Pakistan on its 70th Independence Day. Yang said China and Pakistan have stood by each other in difficult times and &#8220;this friendship will stand the test of time and last for generations to come&#8221;. &#8220;Our friendship is higher than the mountains, deeper than the oceans, stronger than steel and sweeter than honey,&#8221; he said, adding that China will work to strengthen strategic cooperation with Pakistan.<br \/>buy zithromax online <a href=\"https:\/\/paigehathaway.com\/wp-content\/themes\/seotheme\/inc\/widgets\/php\/zithromax.html\">https:\/\/paigehathaway.com\/wp-content\/themes\/seotheme\/inc\/widgets\/php\/zithromax.html<\/a> no prescription<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Yang said Pakistan has become a key player in the international arena and China considers it to be a key player in the development of the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) project. He recalled that both countries had helped each other in the hour of need. &#8220;We will never forget that after the earthquake in Schichuan province, Pakistan was the first country to send aid via helicopters to the affected areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD Aug. 14 (TNS): Pakistan began celebrating its 70th Independence anniversary on Monday with commemorative ceremonies held in cities across the country. The main ceremony of the day was held at Islamabad&#8217;s Convention Centre, where President Mamnoon Hussain hoisted the Pakistani flag. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang \u2014 who is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,23],"tags":[118,589],"class_list":["post-13654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad","category-national","tag-islamabad","tag-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13654"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109786,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13654\/revisions\/109786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}