Pakistan Day stunning military parade held in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD (92 News) -The three wings of the armed forces displayed their professionalism and military prowess at the Pakistan Day stunning Military Parade held at the Parade Avenue in Islamabad on Thursday.
The ceremony was attended amongst others by President Arif Alvi, Defence Minister Pervaiz Khattak, Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Naval Chief, Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) Gen Nadeem Raza and other distinguished guests.
The military parade held in Shakar Parian and President Arif Alvi is the chief guest on the occasion.
Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa arrived at the venue. 
The impressive ceremony started with the fly past of fighter jets of Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Navy led by Air Chief Zaheer Ahmad Babar Sidhu presenting salute to the chief guest President Arif Alvi.
Contingents of Pakistan Army, Navy, Pakistan Air Force, Special Services Groups, Frontier Corps, Rangers, and Islamabad police, Frontier Constabulary, Airport Security Force and Boys Scouts marched past the dais presenting salute to the chief guest.
JF-17, F-16 took part in fly-past
The Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Navy held flypast demonstrations during the Pakistan Day parade. JF-17 Thunder and F-16 Fighting Falcone were among the several jet fighters that took part in the fly-past.
Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar Sidhu, led the flypast. The impressive ceremony kicked off with the flypast of fighter jets of the Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Navy. F-16, JF Thunder, Mirage, AWACs, P-3C Orion and ATR aircraft participated in the flypast.
Mechanized columns including tanks, armored personnel carriers, rocket launchers, air defense system, Radars, indigenously built UAVs and short and long range missiles Ra'ad, Nasr, Babr, Ghaznavi and Shaheen were showcased on the occasion. Engineering corps presented its state of the art equipment.
This was followed by the fly past of helicopters. Amidst applause by the audience, JF-17 and formations of Sherdils presented breathtaking aerobatics spreading range of colors in the skies.
As a mark of strong bonds between Pakistan and Turkey, a Turkish fighter jet presented a whole range of dazzling maneuvers.
A Turkish military band brought the theme song of the famous TV show Diriliş: Ertuğrul to life during their performance. A Turkish military band on the occasion presented different tunes including that of Dil Dil Pakistan, Jaan Jaan Pakistan.
Floats depicted culture of Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan and the four provinces. The floats of ministry of science and technology and the frontline healthcare workers against Covid-19 were also part of the parade. Dhol Party presented different colors of the country's diverse culture.
The sky divers of the forces including the paratroopers of Bahrain, Iraq, Palestine, Srilanka and Turkey exhibited free fall, carrying national flags and those of services.
The president later visited an enclosure and met with those personalities who have made outstanding contributions in different fields.
Different national songs were also presented on the occasion from the float of ISPR.
As per notifications of Deputy Commissioners Islamabad and Rawalpindi, there is local holiday in the twin cities in connection with the military parade.
Prime Minister Imran Khan did not attend today's event as he quaranted at home after testing positive for coronavirus.
The mega event organized as per the Covid related SOPs was attended amongst others by the federal ministers, parliamentarians, the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and the three services chiefs. Due to coronavirus restrictions, a limited number of spectators were allowed to witness the parade.
To facilitate the Parade, Islamabad Traffic Police will restrict traffic on Islamabad Expressway from Khanna Bridge to zero point between 5:00 in the morning to 2:00 in the afternoon.
Islamabad Traffic police has specified alternate routes to facilitate Traffic flow. Alternate routes are Peshawar Road to Golra and Kashmir Highway, Murree Road Cricket Stadium and 9th Avenue and Khanna Bridge to Tramari Chowk then Rawal Dam Chowk and Serena Chowk.
21-gun salute held to mark Pakistan Day
Pakistan Armed Force held a 21-gun salute across the provincial capitals of the country in honour of Pakistan Day.
Public holiday in twin cities
A notification was issued by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rawalpindi retired Capt Anwar ul Haq to declare March 25, Thursday as a local holiday in District Rawalpindi. A similar notification was issued by the district magistrate of Islamabad.
