ISLAMABAD, March 25 (APP): A special news report on joint military parade, which was held here at Parade Ground near Shakarparian, to mark the 78th Pakistan Day.
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Defence Minister Engineer Khurram Dastgir Khan, Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee Zubair Mehmood Hayat, Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, Chief of Air Staff Mujahid Anwar Khan also attended the ceremony.
Pakistan armed forces displayed tanks and other weapon systems in the parade. Pakistan Army tanks, including the Al Khalid and Al Zarrar presented gun salutes to the President. Radar systems and other weapons equipped with state-of-the-art military technology were also shown. The Ghauri missile, the Shaheen missile and the NASR missile as well as the Babur cruise missile were also exhibited in the parade.
Specialty of this parade was that a contingent of troops from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) participated in the parade for the first time. A marching band from Jordon also featured in the parade for the first time.
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