Security forces hold flag march in Chaman

Published March 19, 2016
CHAMAN: Personnel of Frontier Corps and other security agencies take part in a flag march held in connection with preparations for Pakistan Day here 
on Friday.—INP
CHAMAN: Personnel of Frontier Corps and other security agencies take part in a flag march held in connection with preparations for Pakistan Day here on Friday.—INP

QUETTA: A flag march was held in the border town of Chaman on Friday to commemorate Pakistan Day.

Led by the Frontier Corps, a large number of officers and personnel of the Pakistan Army and law enforcement agencies such as the police and Levies participated in the march.

The participants, holding placards inscribed with slogans of ‘Long Live Pakistan’ and singing the national anthem in chorus, marched through different areas of the town before reaching Zero-Point. Later, they marched back to the FC Fort.

Published in Dawn, March 19th, 2016

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