Pakistan 64th Birthday – Happy Independence Day!

, Posted by Umer Kayani

Fri, Aug 13, 2010

Today is the 64th Birthday of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.The nation celebrates the 64th Independence Day with simplicity to express solidarity with the victims of floods. President Asif Ali Zardari has directed that in view of the floods no celebrations marking the Independence Day will be held at the Presidency this year.

Around 13.8 million people have been affected by the floods in Pakistan, making the scale of the disaster worse than the 2004 tsunami, 2005 earthquake in Kashmir and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, killing an estimated 1,600 people in two weeks, according to the United Nations.

The chief of staff of the army, General Ashfaq Kayani, also announced that the military had scrapped celebrations on Saturday and on September 6 and said that the money saved would be spent instead on relief efforts.

“Allah karay k meri Arz-e-Pak pe utre wo fasl-e-gul jisay Andesha-e-Zawal na ho. Yahan jo phool khilain wo khile rahain barsun! Yahn khizan ko guzarney ki bhi Majal na ho. Khuda Karey k mere ik bhi hum watan k lye Hayat jurm na ho, zindagi wabal na ho.”