Report: ANI :
KABAL — Defence Day and Martyrs’ Day was observed with national pride and solemnity at the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul. The ceremony was presided over by Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Obaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani and attended by embassy officials, staff members and a large number of Pakistanis residing in Afghanistan.
Ambassador Nizamani paid tribute to the sacrifices of the martyrs and veterans of Pakistan’s armed forces, saying the unity and determination demonstrated by the nation and armed forces on September 6, 1965, remain an important part of Pakistan’s national history.
He highlighted Pakistan’s growing role as a regional security provider and its efforts to address conventional and non-conventional threats through preparedness and positive diplomacy.
Messages from President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, and Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar were also read out at the ceremony. A special documentary was screened on the occasion.
