ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: President Mamnoon Hussain Monday said the undeterred resolve of its people and security forces had brought Pakistan closer to success which would beget stability and prosperity, not only in the country but the whole region.
While addressing the participants of the Air Show organized by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in connection with 70th Independence Day celebrations of the country, the president said the whole Pakistani nation was united as a strong force for country’s defense.
Chief or Air Staff Chief Air Marshal Sohail Aman, and Defense Minister Khurram Dastgir also attended the show besides a huge public gathering at Fatima Jinnah Park in Islamabad.
The president greeted the whole nation, the brave soldiers of armed forces, particularly the Pakistan Air Force on Independence Day.
The president viewed that after facing defeat in its tactics of foreign aggression, the enemy started sponsoring terrorist activities in different parts of the country. In this war too, Pakistani nation made the enemy bite the dust by sacrificing a lot along with the country’s security forces.
He urged all sections of the society to forge unity to achieve economic, defense, political and democratic stability so that no force could impede the attainment of the national objectives.
The president said the secret behind nation’s defense and economic prosperity lied in the national unity otherwise in case of any disruption, all of the dreams would remain unfulfilled.
He said the Independence Day reminded us the historic struggle and sacrifices and resolve to sacrifice anything for protecting the homeland.
He highly lauded the skillful and highly professional display or aerobatics by the pilots. He said the most prominent feature of the Air Show was the air display of JF-17 Thunder which was the masterpiece of Pak-China friendship and manifestation of PAF’s efforts towards achieving self-dependence in field of defense.
Lauding the PAF for serving remarkably for country’s defense, the president hoped the Force would keep up the spirit.
President Mamnoon said for being a haven for Muslims of the sub-continent, Pakistan had always been pinching the enemies that was why the wars were imposed on the country repeatedly.
However, the brave people and the security forces of the country fought back the enemy proving that neither internal nor external threats could deter their resolve, he added.
