Naseerabad Division main flag-hoisting ceremony held at Commissioner’s Office

NASEERABAD: The main flag-hoisting ceremony of Naseerabad Division for Independence Day was held at the Commissioner’s Office in Naseerabad. Provincial Minister for Irrigation Mir Muhammad Sadiq Umrani, Provincial Parliamentary Secretary for Excise and Taxation and Member of the Provincial Assembly Haji Muhammad Khan Lehri, and Naseerabad Division Commissioner Salahuddin Nurzai hoisted the flag.

DIG Kamran Nawaz, Wing Commander Colonel Rizwan Tayyab, Naseerabad Deputy Commissioner Virendar Lal, SSP Asad Nasir, PPP Divisional President Mir Muhammad Bilal Sadiq Umrani, Superintending Engineer Canals Mudassir Zafar Khosa, tribal leader Abdul Rauf Lehri and QESCO Executive Engineer Muhammad Variam Manjhoo attended, along with government officers, representatives of the minority community and citizens. Children presented national songs, speeches and tableaux to express their love for the country.

In their addresses, DIG Kamran Nawaz, Commissioner Salahuddin Nurzai, Parliamentary Secretary Haji Muhammad Khan Lehri and Provincial Minister Mir Muhammad Sadiq Umrani said Pakistan was a free and sovereign state and no one could cast an evil eye on it. They said our elders had watered the sapling of this free homeland with their blood, and it was now the duty of everyone to protect this mighty tree and play a full role in Pakistan’s development with unity, harmony and national solidarity. They said Pakistan was in safe hands and its progress rested on the shoulders of the country’s youth.

Provincial Minister Mir Muhammad Sadiq Umrani, Parliamentary Secretary Haji Muhammad Khan Lehri and Commissioner Salahuddin Nurzai, along with other officers, cut an Independence Day cake and distributed prizes among students.

Photo: courtesy DGPR Balochistan