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Pakistan stands with Kashmiris on Defence Day

--PM questions world's silence over atrocities committed by Indian forces in occupied Kashmir --ISPR chief says GHQ to host ceremony, pays tribute to sacrifices...

ISPR DG requests Pakistanis to reach out to martyrs’ families

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major General Asif Ghafoor on Thursday said requested Pakistanis to reach out to the families of martyrs...

President Alvi, PM Imran say Pakistan ready to face internal, external...

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday, in their messages for Defence Day, said that Pakistan is fully capable of...

Gen Bajwa spends a day with families of martyrs

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa spent a day with families of martyrs and ghazis at the Army Auditorium in...

Balochistan CM pays homage to martyrs in Quetta

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Jam Kamal and Commander Southern Command Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa jointly laid a floral wreath in an impressive wreath-laying ceremony...

VIDEO: Afridi caught consuming ‘naswar’ during Defence Day ceremony

Prominent cricketer Shahid Afridi was caught consuming powdered tobacco snuff (naswar) while he was attending a ceremony to commemorate the 53rd Defence Day at...

PIA pays tribute to martyrs on Defence Day

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has paid rich tributes to the martyrs and decorated heroes of Pakistan’s Armed Forces on the occasion of Defence...

‘Defence in safe hands’, CM reposes confidence in armed forces

--Usman Buzdar pays tribute to martyrs at Defence Day ceremony with governor --Vows to revive industrial sector in meeting with PFC chief executive LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister...

Defence Day celebrated with traditional zeal, fervour in Karachi

KARACHI: Defence Day celebrations were held at the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah which began with 21 gun salute on Thursday morning followed...

Celebs honour 1965 war martyrs on Defence Day

Pakistan celebrates its 52nd Defence Day on Thursday. Defence and Martyrs Day symbolises the occasion of Pakistan’s defence against India which marked ceasefire in...

Armed forces will spare no effort to protect motherland: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the observance of Defence Day of Pakistan is, in fact, a reiteration of the message to the...

PAF launches new song on eve of Defence Day

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF), on the auspicious occasion of Defence Day of Pakistan, has launched a new motivational song called 'wardi'. The newly released...

VIDEO: PR pays tribute to martyrs, ghazis on Pakistan Defence Day

Pakistan Railways paid tribute to martyrs and ghazis with reference to Defence and Martyrs Day, which is to be celebrated on September 6. The Railway...

ISPR commemorates security personnel left physically challenged due to injuries

The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Monday paid tribute to the country's security personnel who sustained injuries in combat, leaving them differently-abled and...

Karachi, Hyderabad celebrate Defence Day

KARACHI: National Defence Day celebrations marked their beginning in Karachi with a special change of guard ceremony at the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah...

Lahore celebrates Defence Day

LAHORE: A special ceremony was held at Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Base on Wednesday to celebrate the Defence Day with zeal and fervour. An aerial and...

Remembering war heroes

Defence Day is celebrated as a national day to commemorate the memory of Pakistan’s successful defence against India that marked the ceasefire in the...