Kashmiris mark Quaid’s birth anniversary with great enthusiasm and devotion

MIRPUR: People across Azad Jammu Kashmir observed Quaid-e-Azam Day, marking the state-wide celebrations of the 149th birth anniversary of the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, on Thursday with great enthusiasm and devotion, coupled with the renewal of the pledge to continue the individual and collective role for making Pakistan progressive and prosperous in letter and spirit as envisioned by the father of the nation.

The day dawned with special prayers in the mosques throughout AJK for the integrity, solidarity, progress, and prosperity of Pakistan and for the early success of the Kashmir freedom movement.

It was a state holiday across AJK to celebrate the birth anniversary of the father of the nation.

Special ceremonies to celebrate the birthday of Quaid-e-Azam hosted in all ten districts as well as the subordinate tehsil headquarters of Azad Jammu Kashmir, including the state metropolis—Muzaffarabad—and the divisional headquarters of Mirpur and Rawalakot, were the hallmark of the day. Various social, political, and intellectual organizations held special programs to celebrate this day with great fervour and enthusiasm.

The Quaid’s birthday cakes were cut in this ceremony to celebrate the historic day with great elation amid the clapping by the jubilant participants and voicing of “Happy birthday to Quaid-e-Azam” to express their heartiest love and affection for the Quaid.

Addressing these ceremonies, speakers paid glorious tributes to the founder of Pakistan, besides highlighting his hectic life, ideas, and achievements—which led to the establishment of the separate homeland for the Muslims of the subcontinent.

In the lake city of Mirpur, a major ceremony to celebrate the birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was hosted by Kashmir Press and Club Mirpur-AJK on Thursday with great enthusiasm and devotion, coupled with the renewal of the pledge to continue to follow the policy of the father of the nation on Kashmir.

The Chief Guest, Mirpur Deputy Commissioner Sajid Aslam Chaudhry, Assistant Commissioner Kaleem Abbas, Kashmir Press Club President Syed Abid Hussain Shah, and others cut the birthday cake of the father of the nation amidst exchanges of “Happy Birthday” among the participants.

Speaking on this occasion, speakers, including the DC Sajid Aslam Chaudhry, KPC President Syed Abid Hussain Shah, and others, paid rich tributes to Quaid-e-Azam for his unprecedented services for the Muslims of the subcontinent through making a separate country for them through his high intellect and talent.

Speakers continued that the best way to pay rich tribute to Quaid-e-Azam is to continue his mission with the fullest national spirit for making Pakistan a fully prosperous and developed country as envisioned by the late father of the nation. They reiterated Kashmiris’ resolve coupled with the renewal of the pledge to continue to follow the policy of the founder of Pakistan on Kashmir, who had described Kashmir as the jugular vein of Pakistan, they added.