'Azadi' floats to drive through main cities of Punjab

Rawalpindi: ‘Azadi floats’ depicting cultural and ideological representation of Pakistan will be traveling through various main cities of Punjab on the occasion of forthcoming independence day.

The floats will pay tributes to national heroes along with displaying cultural music and folk dances.

According to the details, a meeting of the Board of Management of the Punjab Arts Council (PAC) was held with Shazia Rizwan, MPA in the chair. During the meeting it was apprised that the floats would ensure the representation of all four provinces, and statues of the Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the great thinker of the nation, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, and the Mother of the Nation Fatima Jinnah would be parts of the floats.

Executive Director Ghulam Saghir Shahid while briefing the meeting informed that PAC was preparing two floats for the first time in connection with the Independence Day celebrations, one float would travel from Rawalpindi to Lahore via GT Road, while the other float would entertain the citizens from Dera Ghazi Khan to Multan. He further informed that the ‘Azadi’ floats would pay tribute to the heroes of the Pakistan Movement and would also feature music and folk dances.