Pakistanis celebrate republic day, impressive military parade held in Islamabad

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By Anadolu Agency

Pakistan (AA) - Pakistanis celebrated their republic day on Wednesday amid a display of the country's military might at a parade.

The traditional military parade, the highlight of the day, was held in the capital Islamabad, and attended by President Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Imran Khan and army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa.

The day dawned with a 31-gun salute in Islamabad and a 21-gun salute in all the four provincial capitals, followed by change-of-guards ceremonies at the mausoleums of Quaid-I-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of the South Asian nation, in the port city of Karachi, and the mausoleum of Allama Mohammad Iqbal, the national poet, in the northeastern city of Lahore