Independence Day of Pakistan was celebrated with solemnity by all army formations and units of Lahore Garrison.
An elaborate daylong programme befitting the occasion was chalked out for the historic day. Special prayers were offered for integrity, solidarity, progress and prosperity of Pakistan after Namaz-e-Fajr at all Formations and Unit mosques. The day dawned with a 21-gun salute near Lahore Cantonment.
A flag hoisting ceremony was held at all the formation headquarters and units of the garrison. The national flag was hoisted at Corps Headquarters, Lahore, by Brigadier Muhammad Shahab Aslam. A message of Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif was read to the troops in special gatherings. An impressive guard mounting ceremony was held at Mazar-e-Iqbal in which a smartly turned out contingent of Pakistan Army took over the guard duties from Pakistan Rangers. Later, Major General Sardar Tariq Aman, Garrison Commander Lahore, laid a floral wreath at Mazar-e-Iqbal to pay homage to the National poet and offered Fateha.