Pakistan celebrates National Day with military parade

(23 Mar 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Islamabad - 23 March 2022 1. Various of Pakistan Military SSG commandoes (Special Services group) marching 2. Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan Foreign Minister, (second from right) along with OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) guests watching parade 3. Various of soldiers marching 4. OIC guests watching parade 5. Various of soldiers marching 6. Foreign dignities watching parade 7. Various of Turkish Army soldiers marching 8. Guests watching parade 9. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Arif Alvi, President of Pakistan: "We are a responsible nuclear power, we want peace with all countries and we respect to their sovereignty, and we stand with the principals of peace and we will stand by it. However, I want to make this clear, and want the world and the enemy to listen - we will never make any compromise on our sovereignty." 10. Prime Minister Imran Khan, military chief, Alvi and other military officials watching parade 11. Various of tanks participating in military parade 12. Pan left of guests 13. Various of missile 14. Guests watching air show 15. J10C jets flying 16. JF17 thunder during air show 17. Military heads along with Khan and alvi watching air show 18. Various of military jets 19. Various of helicopters STORYLINE: Pakistanis on Wednesday celebrated their National Day with a military parade in the capital, Islamabad, showcasing army units and high-tech weaponry. Troops marched past spectators and saluted President Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Imran Khan, army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa and other officials. The parade was also attended by foreign ministers from the Organization of Islamic Countries who are attending a conference in Islamabad. National Day commemorates 23 March 1940. On that day the Muslim leadership in the eastern city of Lahore demanded independence from British rule. This year's military parade was held about two weeks after Pakistan's military said an unarmed surface-to-surface missile launched from neighboring India violated Pakistan’s airspace and ended up in eastern Punjab province, damaging a wall in a residential area and endangering civilians and commercial flights. India says the missile was fired by mistake and a probe was underway. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...