LAHORE, Sep 04 (APP):Pakistan-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) President Shah Faisal Afridi said on Wednesday that Defence Day was an icon of national unity.
He was addressing a ceremony held at PCJCCI premises to celebrate Defence Day. PCJCCI Senior Vice President Ahmed Hasnain and Secretary General Salahuddin Hanif also paid tributes to the martyrs and Ghazis who became a rock slid wall to defend the motherland against aggression of the enemy.
The ceremony was attend by all executive committee members and many other renowned personalities.
The PCJCCI President said that it was on this day in 1965 that Indian forces crossed international border in the darkness of night to attack Pakistan but ever-vigilant armed forces of Pakistan, solidly backed by the nation, foiled the enemy’s nefarious designs. He urged the business community to commemorate the Defence Day to strengthen unity of the nation in Pakistan.
