Islamabad, 24 March 2024 (Xinhua News/Azer/APP)

At the invitation of the Pakistani military, the Guard of Honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) participated in a military parade here on Saturday, celebrating the 84th Pakistan Day.

During the event at Shakarparian Parade Avenue, the 36-member PLA Guard of Honor escorted the Chinese national flag while marching across the avenue and shouted "Long live Pakistan-China friendship" in Urdu in response to the audience's warm applause.

"Seeing the PLA's participation in the Pakistan Day parade really made me proud as a friend of China," Umair Khan, a Pakistani student of defense and strategic studies, told Xinhua.

A delegation of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, which is on an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, watched a military parade held on the occasion of Pakistan Day on March 23.

The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, took part in the parade as a distinguished guest.
Parade squad of the Azerbaijan Army represented our country in a military parade attended by the representatives of the armed forces of different countries.

Pakistan Day commemorates the historic Lahore Resolution passed on March 23, 1940, following which a united struggle for an independent homeland for the Muslims of the region was launched, culminating in the independence of Pakistan in 1947

Defense Minister of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prince Khalid Bin Salman attended the Pakistan Day military parade as a Chief Guest in Islamabad on March 23, 2024