Pakistan Day celebrations: Yachting contests in Sukkur

Pakistan Day celebrations: Yachting contests in Sukkur

Updated at: 1515 PST,  Tuesday, March 23, 2010  KARACHI: The Pakistan Day is being celebrated today all over the country with traditional fervour and zeal. On this occasion, various ceremonies have been organised in all major and small cities of the country while contests of yachting were also held in Sukkur. The yachting contests were organized by the Pakistan Navy at the Lanes Down Bridge near Indus River in which the Navy sailors participated. Children from various schools presented tableau on the occasion. A cricket match between disabled teams of Mirpur Khas and Nawabshah was arranged in Nawabshah to mark the Pakistan Day celebrations and a large number of people watched the match. In Thatta, the central ceremony was held at the Police Ground in Makli where boys and girls of various schools sang national songs and presented tableaus. Pakistan Muslim League (N) organized a ceremony with prisoners at the Multan District Jail where senior leader of the party Makhdoom Javed Hashmi was the chief guest.