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Pakistan leaders highlight growing regional security role on Defence Day

From Dawn · () English

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  • Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Zardari highlighted Pakistan’s regional security role as the country observed its 61st Defence and Martyrs’ Day.
  • Ceremonies included gun salutes in Islamabad and provincial capitals, along with a change of guards at the Quaid’s mausoleum in Karachi.
  • The annual observance commemorates the 1965 war between Pakistan and India, which ended with a ceasefire and later negotiations in Tashkent.

Pakistan marked its 61st Defence and Martyrs’ Day with ceremonies across the country, while Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Zardari emphasized Pakistan’s growing role in regional security.

The day began with a 31-gun salute in Islamabad and 21-gun salutes at provincial capitals, state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported. Karachi also held a change-of-guards ceremony at the Quaid’s mausoleum.

Defence Day is observed each September 6 to commemorate the legacy of the 1965 war. The conflict began after India launched an attack across the international border and ended with a ceasefire on September 22. Peace negotiations followed under Soviet auspices in Tashkent on January 10, 1966.

During the war, Pakistan occupied 1,617 square miles of territory, compared with India’s occupation of 446 square miles of Pakistani territory described in the report as open and undefended.

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