KARACHI: A smartly turned out contingent of Gentlemen Cadets from the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), Kakul, mounted ceremonial guard at the Mazar of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah here on Sunday, as part of celebrations to mark the Birth Anniversary of the Father of the Nation.
Major General Abdullah Dogar, Commandant Pakistan Military Academy, reviewed the parade, laid a floral wreath, presented salute and offered Fateha, said an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement.
It was pointed out that the first passing out parade of the PMA was held on December 25, 1948, which was reviewed by the then governor general of Pakistan, Khawaja Nazimuddin, who presented the Quaid-e-Azam banner to the champion company.
The PMA Kakul has the singular houour of being the only military institution designated as `Quaid-e-Azam's own' by the Quaid-e-Azam as the Colonel in Chief of the Academy.
The guard mounting ceremony by PMA cadets is a regular annual feature to pay homage to the Father of the Nation.
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