{"id":108370,"date":"2019-04-08T00:08:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T19:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/?p=108370"},"modified":"2021-03-22T15:48:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T10:48:36","slug":"easter-celebration-held-at-pakistan-embassy-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/2019\/04\/easter-celebration-held-at-pakistan-embassy-in-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter celebration held at Pakistan Embassy in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 696px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-108370-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Easter-Celebration-at-the-Embassy-of-Pakistan-Washington-DC.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Easter-Celebration-at-the-Embassy-of-Pakistan-Washington-DC.mp4\">http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Easter-Celebration-at-the-Embassy-of-Pakistan-Washington-DC.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>NEW YORK, April 7 (APP):Pakistan&#8217;s Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Asad Khan, underscored the need for interfaith harmony at a dinner held at the Pakistani Embassy in Washington to celebrate Easter on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The event was organized at the initiative of &#8220;All Neighbours International&#8221;, a Virginia-based community organization and with the support of the Embassy of Pakistan, according to a Pakistani Embassy press release.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks as the chief guest, Ambassador Khan, reflecting on the spirit of Easter celebrations, underlined that all faiths share Prophet Jesus Christ&#8217;s message of love, compassion and tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the rise of exclusionist forces across the globe dividing people on `them vs us&#8217; lines, interfaith harmony is an urgent contemporary challenge the world faces, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador informed the audience about the diversity and pluralism of Pakistan, being home to sacred places of World&#8217;s major religions including Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated the commitment of the leadership of Pakistan to protect and promote the rights of all citizens, including minorities.<\/p>\n<p>Felicitating the participants on the auspicious occasion, the Ambassador appreciated the Pakistani-Christians in the tristate area for their community service.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Patrick and Ilyas Masih, President and Vice President of `All Neighbours&#8217;, respectively, thanked the Ambassador for hosting the event.<\/p>\n<p>Their team informed the audience about their recent visit to Pakistan and fondly shared their impressions of the land.<\/p>\n<p>Religious leaders from the churches of Maryland and Virginia conveyed warm wishes of the Christian community for the people of Pakistan. Choirs also performed during the event.<\/p>\n<p>The event was well attended with participation from faiths leaders, families of Pakistani American Christian community, and local public officials.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source :, VNS, NEW YORK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK, April 7 (APP):Pakistan&#8217;s Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Asad Khan, underscored the need for interfaith harmony at a dinner held at the Pakistani Embassy in Washington to celebrate Easter on Saturday night. The event was organized at the initiative of &#8220;All Neighbours International&#8221;, a Virginia-based community organization and with the support of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":108380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-108370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"video_url":["http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Easter-Celebration-at-the-Embassy-of-Pakistan-Washington-DC.mp4"],"featured_media_src_url":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/PIC-41-1024x576.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108381,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108370\/revisions\/108381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}