Provincial Schools Education Department has finalized the arrangements to celebrate the 70th Independence Day in a befitting manner across the province. In this regard, a committee has been constituted by the Punjab government with Provincial Schools Education Minister Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan in the chair while Secretary Schools Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik has been entrusted to act as Secretary of the Committee.
A spokesman of the Schools Education Department sated this in a statement issued here today. According to the spokesman, the Independence Day celebrations will be held throughout the province from August 1-14 under the aegis of Schools Education Department. On August 14, special prayers will be offered for the prosperity and well being of the country after the Fajr prayer and national flags would be hoisted at school buildings. Different functions will be held in the schools to sensitize the students about the historical background of Pakistan Movement and strong role played by Muslim students in it.
The Spokesman said that provincial metropolis will be decorated with colorful buntings and people from all walks of life including teachers, students and members of the minority communities will be invited in the Independence Day functions. The purpose of these activities is to inform the youth about great sacrifices of Muslims of subcontinent for the creation of a separate homeland so that they could play their active role for making Pakistan as leading economic power in the world, the concluded the spokesman.
