Pakistan Day is being celebrated across the country with great enthusiasm, a gun salute was given at the beginning of the day. Preparations for the Armed Forces Parade on Pakistan Day have been completed, for the first time the parade will also include troops from Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts, China, and Azerbaijan.
Watch the Pakistan Day Parade live from Islamabad. A joint parade of the Armed Forces on the occasion of Pakistan Day in Islamabad is underway at Shakar Padiyan Ground. Military bands performed melodies of national anthems at the ceremony.
The federal capital Islamabad and Rawalpindi will have a public holiday today March 23 due to a parade on the occasion of Pakistan Day. On March 23, 1940, the Muslims of the subcontinent passed a historic resolution establishing a separate homeland, demonstrating the height of unity, faith, and discipline. Muslims share a point of view and are always committed to every challenge.
Pakistan Day Parade 2024 Timing
Pakistan Day the ‘Armed Forces Pakistan Day Parade
Preparations for the joint parade of armed forces on the occasion of Pakistan Day will be finalized tomorrow and full dress rehearsal will be held on March 21 at Parade Ground Islamabad (Shikraparian). In the parade, Pakistan Air Force’s new multi-role air-to-air fighter jet, the Chinese-made J10C, will fly in front of the nation for the first time.
Pakistan Day Parade 2024 Venue
Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Nadeem Raza arrived at the Pakistan Day Parade, Defense Minister Pervez Khattak also arrived at the Pakistan Day Parade. Pakistan Day (یوم پاکستان, Yaum-e-Pakistan) or Pakistan Resolution Day, also Republic Day, is a national holiday in Pakistan to commemorate the Lahore Resolution of 1940 and the adoption of the first constitution of Pakistan during the transition of the Dominion of Pakistan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 23 March 1956 making Pakistan the world’s first Islamic republic. Republic Day parade by the armed forces is a common celebration for the event.
Pakistan Day Parade 23RD March Traffic Diversion Plan:
A large number of civil, military, and foreign dignitaries are participating in the parade. Delegations from Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Kashmir are participating in the parade. Special messages are being given for the occasion.
23RD March Traffic Diversion Plan is given below for the Public who Participates in it and other people of Islamabad. A full parade will be held on the occasion of Pakistan Day on March 23. According to a spokesman for the traffic police, the expressway from Coral Chowk will be closed to full traffic, while alternative routes will be provided for traffic to pass through the interior of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
At the beginning of the joint parade, the fighter-bombers of the Pakistan Air Force will perform a spectacular and unique flypast, led by the Chief of the Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Zaheeruddin Babar Sidhu, flying the American-made Fighting Falcon F-16 state-of-the-art aircraft. Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman General Sahir Shamshad, Army Chief General Asim Munir, and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf will pass by. President Asif Zardari will address the parade.
Pakistan Day Parade 2024 Pictures
Participating troops which include foot columns of Army, Navy, PAF, Frontier Corps, Northern Light Infantry, Mujahid Force, Islamabad Police, Tri-Services Lady officers, Tri-Services Armed Forces Nursing Service, Girls Guide, Boys Scouts, Special Service Group from three Services, mechanized columns of Armoured Corps, Artillery, Army Air Defence, Signals, Engineers, Army Strategic Force Command, Camel Band and President’s Body Guard participated in the parade, according to the ISPR handout.
The ISPR adds that PAF fighter aircraft, aircraft of the Pakistan Navy, and helicopters of Army Aviation also rehearsed their flypast for the 23rd of March parade. Aerobatics of PAF Sherdil team and JF-17 thunder and F-16 also part in skydivers.
Pakistan Day 23 March 2024:
Pakistan Day is a public holiday in Pakistan on March 23, 2024. The Pakistan Army Public Relations Department (ISPR) had announced to reschedule the Pakistan Day parade on March 23 due to bad weather and said that the Pakistan Day parade would now be held on March 25. The Armed Forces Parade will be held at Shakarpur on time.
Mobile and internet services will be suspended in the federal capital today while the roads leading to the parade ground have also been closed. The highlight of the parade is that it will showcase Pakistan’s latest defense system while Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar. Pakistan Air Force fighter jets will lead the flypast. Due to bad weather in the federal capital, the Pakistan Day parade on March 23 was postponed and rescheduled for March 25.
This day commemorates the resolution passed at the meeting of the All India Muslim League on March 23, 1940, in the light of which the Muslims of the subcontinent embarrassed their dream of a separate homeland.
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