Thousands of Pakistanis sing national anthem to set world record
Pakistanis gather at the National Hockey Stadium for the new world record to sing the national anthem in Lahore on October 20, 2012. – Photo by AFP
LAHORE: Thousands of Pakistanis sang their national anthem together at a ceremony named Punjab Youth Festival 2012 at National Hockey Stadium in Lahore on Saturday to set a world record.
According to the Sports Board Punjab at least 24,000 students and athletes, and 60,000 citizens were invited to sing the national anthem for creating a new record in the Guinness World Records.
At least 70,000 Pakistanis sang the national anthem together in Lahore on October 20, to set a new world record breaking India’s record.
The previous record was set by India when 15,243 people sang the national anthem simultaneously earlier this year, AFP reports.
A two- member team of the Guinness World Records was present to monitor the event.
Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif also attended the event and sang the national anthem along with the huge crowd.In his speech on the occasion, he said this was not a Punjab festival, but instead a Pakistan festival – AFP/PPI
Atleast this time love shown for country, not for religion. Good to see that.
Congrats Pakistan
Let’s do something really worthwhile to put Pakistan on the world stage.
its a great effort and it is a big target for world….
good luck pakistan…
awesome Pakistanis …… i love u Pakistan :*
gr8 to see from india
What an attention lover these Sharif brothers are, every act of them is a media stunt and nothing else.
luv u pakistan
So refreshing to watch all this. This may not solve all of our problems but events like this make you feel good.
I wish a combined prayer was also offered for the full and speedy recovery of Malala Yousefzai, our beloved and brave daughter.
Good job, i wish they had named this ceremony as Pakistan Youth Festival 2012 in the interest of national cohesion. I wish youth of other provinces follow suit.
Congrats to all in Pakistan…love from India
Im a Pakistani sitting thousands miles away in NZ, but when i saw this, i felt i got my lost breaths. Cheers Pakistan
How many poor or hungery people have been helped by this performance .
Great job Pakistan and Pakistani people.
i m 2 much happy ….. kash may bhe hota wahan..
ThAtS XciLLeNT
wowwwww PAKISTAN ROCK…:)
Kool.
this is pretty good actually,at least some positive way of expressing. though the circumstances in our country are not that great but there has to be a time were we start gathering ourselves to stand up again and this is a slight flow of fresh air.
may i say that i am not a Shabaz Sharif fan by any stretch of imagination but give the devil his due,this was positive
Please subtract Shahbaz Shareef to make this story a good story..He better teach his family some manners and tell them that poor have rights as well….
Well done, excellent, now go govern and address the problems faced by the country.
and how does this help the country?
And how does your comment help?
by giving a msg…united we stand, divided we fall!!
How does it help the country ,,when you call Mother AAMi and DAD Abu? got my point,,,in other words how does it help the country when you drink water and eat food good bye!!! dont mix things up,,,
excellent.. well done
So what has been gained? Pakistanis and their leaders should pay attention to a multitude of more important things to do than to count the numbers which sang the national anthem. Everything sounds so hollow and meaningless!
Common don’t be a pessimist. It is a good effort. No body said this is the solution to the problems
It is at least a revision of anthem that most of us were beginning to forget.
well Done and i congratulate to all the PAKISTANI on this fabulous achievement.
It is a sign of unity. I really appreciate it. Kindly don’t mix it with other problems of the country. Although all problems should be addressed and difficulties should be removed, but these social and economic problems have no relation with this ceremony.
Do you understand what the National Anthem actually means and says?