ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The nation will celebrate the 130th birth anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah today (Monday) with enthusiasm and national spirit. The day has been declared a public holiday.
National flag will be hoisted atop government and semi-government buildings. Special prayers will be held in mosques for the soul of the Quaid-i-Azam and progress and unity of the country he founded.
The government and various political, social and literary organisations have chalked out plans to celebrate the occasion in a befitting manner.
Seminars and conferences will be organised throughout the country to highlight services of the Quaid-i-Azam for the nation.
In Karachi, officials and representatives of the armed forces will lay floral wreaths on the mausoleum of the Quaid and will offer Fateha.—Agencies
