Swati Women, childern men rose to occasion

[Spring Onion]

Sorry mods buy i am posting it here in this section just to tell that we the people of NWFP and specially FATA and Swat proved in the past too and now this difficult situation too that we are Pakistanis and we would remain so. Our enemies should note this.


Jubilation in Swat over newly won liberation
Friday, 14 Aug, 2009 | 05:00 AM PST |


MINGORA: The town’s main Cheena Bazaar profusely decorated for Independence Day.— Online Pakistan


MINGORA: People of Swat celebrated their liberation from militancy with patriotic fervour on Thursday on the eve of the Independence Day.

Men, women and children in festive mood thronged the main bazaars of Mingora and other towns in the valley with youths waving national flags and raising Pakistan Zindabad slogan.

Slogans of ‘Pakistan Fouj Zindabad’ and ‘Taliban Murdabad’ were also raised whenever people came across a convoy or passed through army posts.

A large number of women also took part in the celebrations on Thursday evening. People were seen distributing national flags and greeting each other.


Major buildings in Mingora were brightly illuminated and shops and markets tastefully decorated.

People here are celebrating a national festival for the first time after two years of violence and militancy had turned the valley into a virtual hell.
The administration has relaxed curfew from 6am to 11pm to allow people to give vent to their joy and feeling of relief.

MNA Muzaffar Malak, MPAs Jaffar Shah, Haider Ali, Waqar Khan, Ayoub Asharay and Sher Shah have arrived in Mingora to take part in celebrations on Friday.

A 50-member team of journalists from electronic and print media has been invited to attend the special programmes to be held at Wadoodia Hall in Saidu Sharif, including skits and tableaux to be presented by children. A military band will also perform on the occasion.

Dawn.com

 

[dabong1]

The enemies of pakistan tried hard to put a wedge between the people and the army and it all failed in the end.

PAKISTAN ZINDABAD

 

[Patriot]

Yeah and just few months ago we were hearing from American experts Pakistan is gonna fall in 2 months.Islamabad will be taken over by Taliban.Man i don't know why these people are even allowed to enter PAkistan.

 

[Spring Onion]

And now some from other Pakistanis too

The future of Pakistan celebrates its past 1/12 Throughout the country, children – whether they be in schools or madrassahs, at home or in refugee camps – are excited about celebrating Independence Day. In their enthusiasm lies this nation’s cause for optimism.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect...s-past-ma-02?pageDesign=new_mg_wht_detail12-1

 

[Awesome]

Awesome stuff!

 

[HAIDER]

Always a bright sunny morning after dark......

 

[Spring Onion]

And from Balochistan
First-ever parade at Chaman border on Independence Day

Independence Day festivities are also in full swing in Khuzdar, Naseerabad, Jaffarabad and Sibbi. A first-ever parade was organized at Bab-e-Dosti at Pak-Afghan border in Chaman. Later, the border was opened for all kind of the traffic.

First-ever parade at Chaman border on Independence Day - GEO.tv

 

[Xeric]

This is how we kick when we want to.

Hey Swat, no more worries, may Allah keep you happy for ever and ever!

 

[kidwaibhai]

i specaily liked the kids talking from quetta. this shows that no one will ever be able to divide pakistan.
inshallah

 

[SparklingCrescent]

thazz very gudd...

 

[SparklingCrescent]

MNA Muzaffar Malak, MPAs Jaffar Shah, Haider Ali, Waqar Khan, Ayoub Asharay and Sher Shah have arrived in Mingora to take part in celebrations on Friday.

waqar khan... yay thatzz my uncle...

 

[Slides]

Some pictures and videos of such from swat or other areas in nwfp, fata would be nice.

 

[Spring Onion]

Some pictures and videos of such from swat or other areas in nwfp, fata would be nice.

for you

People in Swat showed amazing resilience to celebrate the independence day in a traditional manner.—Photo by AFP

MINGORA: Swat showed no sign of the scars of war on Friday as people showed amazing resilience to celebrate the independence day in a traditional manner.

Mingora’s Nishat and Green Chowks, where militants used to punish their opponents, and the Wadoodia Hall at Saidu Sharif throbbed with life as Swatis of all ages turned out in droves to belie fears that it would be years before a semblance of normality returned to the valley.Shoppers thronged major bazaars in Mingora and miniature national flags and badges were in great demand.

Shopkeepers indulged their passion for music by making special arrangements to play national songs over loudspeakers.

The most surprising element was that even women were seen with their families celebrating the Independence Day.


‘It is like Eid for me because I am again in my home,’ said Fayyaz Khan, a shopkeeper at Saidu Sharif, who returned to his hometown last week after spending over three months at Jalozai relief camp in Nowshera.

On Friday, thousands of people particularly the youth were seen on the roads while carrying national flags on their motorbikes and cars.

A flag-hoisting ceremony, followed by a special show of the state television, was main event of the day at Wadoodia Hall Saidu Sharif, where federal minister for information and broadcasting Qamar-uz-Zaman Kaira, provincial ministers from NWFP, Punjab and large number of Swaties were present.

Parliamentarians from Swat, however, could not turn up to the event because they were annoyed with barricades and road blockades right from Amankot to Saidu Sharif, which hindered their movement to the venue.

Similarly, a group of Peshawar-based journalists taken to cover the event were not given the permission.

Speaking on the occasion, the federal information minister paid glowing tribute to people of Swat, saying ‘they have not only fought a war for survival of the country but for the entire whole world.’

The people of Swat, he maintained, had brought an end to phenomenon of violence, militancy and terrorism, which could ensure a lasting peace not only in Swat but throughout the world.

NWFP Information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain delivered an emotional speech that earned him a standing ovation from fully charged gathering.

He said that government was committed to eliminate the militants from their roots, adding now responsibility rests with the public to extend support to security forces in netting out of militants, which he said ‘are on the run.’

He said the Taliban’s network has been dismantled and they were now were running for survival and this could not have been possible without public support.

The minister argued that government would uphold its decision of introducing judicial system based on Islamic teachings because this was not demand of a particular group but in fact it was a long-standing desire of people from all over Malakand.

The Independence Day celebrations in Swat began on Thursday evening thousands of youth on motorbikes, cars and by foot came out on the roads, when they heard that the curfew period was relaxed till midnight for the first time to facilitate the celebrations.

Thousands of people from the city and adjoining villages led by elected representatives marched from Nishat Chowk to Green Chock and changed slogans in favour of security forces and against militants.

DAWN.COM | Provinces | Swat forgets pain to join celebrations

 

[Spring Onion]

The music is back which Taliban tried to stopped by force.

 

[BATMAN]

Every year on 14th August my mother put up Pakistan flag at our home.
I rememeber when we were young, we used to spend our pocket money to buy small paper flags and than glue them to a all over the house.
Celebrations of 14th August are very very important to invoke importance of Pakistan in the mind of children.
14 August celebrations, must never be compromised.

A unique way to celebrate 14th August
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