This he said during his visit to the Chinese embassy to participate in China’s National Day celebrations. Addressing the gathering at the Chinese embassy, the President said that with October First in sight, he wishes to felicitate the people and Government of the People’s Republic of China on crossing yet another grand, historic milestone. “The people of Pakistan,” the President said, “join their Chinese brethren in celebrating that important turning point in world history, the formal proclamation by Chairman Mao of the founding of the People’s Republic,” he added.

Lauding unprecedented Chinese achievements and success story, the President said that never before in the annals of history had a people taken hold of their destiny so resolutely, marched forward with such distinction and accomplished such great feats.

The president said that first October 1949 marked not only the birth of the People’s Republic, but also the birth of a miracle, a brilliant chapter in the story of human kind. This Chinese miracle continues to unfold to this day, he said.

He said that in arts and craft, in culture and commerce, in social and economic development, in science and technology, indeed in any and every field of human endeavour, China continues to break barrier after barrier, cross one threshold after another. “We rejoice in your success,” he continued. The president, on this occasion, also thanked the Government and people of China for their timely assistance for the flood victims in Sindh.