PAF cadets take over guard duty at Mazar-e-Quaid in Defence Day ceremony

Air Officer Commanding, Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan, Air Vice Marshal Hasan Faisal attended the ceremony as chief guest.

Pakistan Air Force cadets gave a fine parade display at the changing of the guard ceremony at the mausoleum of the Quaid. The smart contingent of 72 cadets that took part in the parade comprised 64 male and 8 female cadets.

By their fine parade at the Mazar-e-Quaid, the Pakistan Air Force cadets paid tribute to the Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in a distinctive manner.

The ceremony in which the Pakistan Air Force cadets took over guard duties is a unique way of paying tribute to the Father of the Nation on Defence Day and of renewing the national spirit.

Air Vice Marshal Hasan Faisal visited the mausoleum of the Father of the Nation and laid a floral wreath. On the occasion, he said the Pakistan Air Force had proved its defence capability once again last year by giving a crushing response to Indian aggression.

Air Vice Marshal Hasan Faisal said that, whether in the 1965 war or Marka-e-Haq, the Pakistan Air Force had always made the country’s security its resolve and lived up to the nation’s hopes. He said the defence of Pakistan’s airspace was in the hands of the Pakistan Air Force and that there would be no compromise on the country’s sovereignty and dignity.

He said the Pakistan Air Force had been committed to defending the country’s security in every era and would continue to play its full role in protecting Pakistan’s airspace and sovereignty in the future as well.