KARACHI: As elsewhere, the 70th Independence Day is being celebrated in Karachi on Monday with enthusiasm, fervour and national spirit.
The day began with a 21 gun-salute in the provincial metropolis.
Special prayers were offered in the mosques for the progress, prosperity and solidarity of the country.
An impressive change of the guards ceremony was held at the mausoleum of Founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
A smartly turned out contingent of the Pakistan Naval Academy assumed the ceremonial guards duty.
Commandant Pakistan Naval Academy Cdre Adnan Ahmed presented National Salute to the Father of Nation during change of the guard ceremony.
The Governor of Sindh, who visited the Mazar of the Quaid along with Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and members of the provincial cabinet, performed the flag-hoisting at the premises of the mausoleum.
He also laid floral wreath, offered Fateha and recorded his impressions in the Visitors' Book.
A number of people representing various organizations also visited the Mazar of the Quaid to pay homage to the Father of the Nation.
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