Nation celebrates Independence Day with great zeal

The day dawned with thirty-one gun salutes in federal capital

ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan on Wednesday celebrated 78th Independence Day with traditional zeal and enthusiasm through a wide range of festivities to highlight the struggle of national heroes to acquire a separate homeland.

The day dawned with thirty-one gun salutes in the Federal Capital and twenty-one in the provincial headquarters.

An impressive Change of Guard ceremony was held at the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam MohammadAli Jinnah. A smartly turned-out contingent of the cadets of the Pakistan Naval Academy and sailors clad in ceremonial dresses assumed guard duties at Mazar-e-Quaid with enthusiasm.