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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has felicitated organizers of the Armed Forces for holding a successful parade event in connection with Pakistan Day in Islamabad.
In a message, the Prime Minister said that all troops of Armed Forces and friendly countries have presented a wonderful performance at the event. Culture of all provinces including Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan was presented in the form of a bouquet, he tweeted.
"پریڈ میں شریک تمام شرکاء اور دوست ممالک کی افواج کے دستوں نے اعلیٰ کارکردگی کا مظاہرہ کیا،" وزیراعظم عمران خان۔#PakistanDayParade
— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) March 25, 2021
A spectacular Pakistan Day military parade held on Thursday where three wings of the armed forces displayed their professionalism and military prowess.
The impressive ceremony at Parade Avenue started with the flypast of fighter jets of Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Navy led by Air Chief Zaheer Ahmad Babar Sidhu presenting a salute to the chief guest President Arif Alvi.
Formations of fighter jets including F-16, JF 17, Mirage, AWACs. C-130 and P-3C Orion participated in the flypast. Contingents of Pakistan Army, Navy, Pakistan Air Force, Special Services Groups, Frontier Corps, Rangers, and Islamabad police, Frontier Constabulary, Airport Security Force and Boys Scouts marched past presenting salute to the chief guest.
Mechanized columns including tanks, armored personnel carriers, rocket launchers, air defense system, Radars, indigenously built UAVs and short and long-range missiles Ra’ad, Nasr, Babr, Ghaznavi and Shaheen were showcased on the occasion. The engineering corps presented its state-of-the-art equipment.
This was followed by the flypast of helicopters. Amidst applause by the audience, JF-17 and formations of Sherdils presented breathtaking aerobatics spreading range of colors in the skies.
The mega event organized as per the Covid related SOPs was attended amongst others by the federal ministers, parliamentarians, the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and the three services chiefs.