Volume VIII, Issue-3, March 2018 March in History Nation celebrates Pakistan Day 2018 with military parade, gun salutes March 15, 1955: The biggest contingents of armoured and mech - post-independence irrigation anised infantry held a march-past. project, Kotri Barrage is Pakistan Army tanks, including the inaugurated. Al Khalid and Al Zarrar, presented March 23 , 1956: 1956 Constitution gun salutes to the president. Radar is promulgates on Pakistan Day. systems and other weapons Major General Iskander Mirza equipped with military tech - sworn in as first President of nology were also rolled out. Pakistan. The NASR missile, the Sha - heen missile, the Ghauri mis - March 23, 1956: Constituent sile system, and the Babur assembly adopts name of Islamic cruise missile were also fea - Republic of Pakistan and first constitution. The nation is celebrating Pakistan A large number of diplomats from tured in the parade. Day 2018 across the country with several countries attended the March 8, 1957: President Various aeroplanes traditional zeal and fervour. ceremony. The guest of honour at Iskandar Mirza lays the belonging to Army Avi - foundation-stone of the State Bank the ceremony was Sri Lankan Pres - Pakistan Day commemorates the ation and Pakistan Air of Pakistan building in Karachi. ident Maithripala Sirisena. passing of the Lahore Resolution Force demonstrated aer - obatic feats for the March 23, 1960: Foundation of on March 23, 1940, when the All- Contingents of Pakistan Minar-i-Pakistan is laid. India Muslim League demanded a Army, Pakistan Air Force, and audience. Combat separate nation for the Muslims of Pakistan Navy held a march-past and attack helicopters, March 14, 1972: New education the British Indian Empire. and a salute to the president of as well as skydivers of policy enforced. Free education in Pakistan. Air Chief Marshal Mu - airborne units from the all private and public schools. A joint military parade was held at jahid Anwar Khan led a fly-past as three armed forces, also March 1, 1981: National Parade Ground near the Shakarpar - a salute to the president. demonstrated their population census starts throughout ian hills in Islamabad to mark the skills. the country. day. Troops from Frontier Corps, Pakistan Rangers, Northern Subsequently, the pa - March 29, 1983: Foundation- Mobile phone services were Light Infantry, Mujahid Battal - rade showcased local stone of Satellite Earth Station is suspended in the capital, where the ion, Tri Services Lady Officers, cultures of the four laid near Rawalpindi. annual parade took place. The cere - Tri Services Armed Forces provinces. Cultural delegates and floats March 8, 1998: Population census mony commenced with the recita - Nursing Services, Special from Sindh, Punjab, begins in the country. tion of Holy Quran. After the Services Group, and President national anthem was played, Presi - Bodyguards also took part in Balochistan, Khyber What’s inside: dent Mamnoon Hussain observed the parade. Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit the parade from a jeep. Baltistan and Azad F Awards conferred on 58 ........ Troops from the United Kashmir were fea - Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Arab Emirates (UAE) tured during the F 9 year old Pakistani girl .......... Abbasi, Defence Minister Khurrum participated in the parade ceremony. F President announces 'Tamga... Dastagir, Chief of Army Staff Gen for the first time. The Courtesy: Dawn parade also featured troops F In historic first, a Thari .......... Qamar Javed Bajwa, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, from F KP Govt issues driving ............. Naval Chief Admiral Zafar Mah - Jordan. F The first and only Female ....... mood Abbasi and Chairman Joint Following Chief of Staff Committee Zubair the soldiers, F Local news channel claims ..... Mehmood Hayat were also present F Asim Abbasi wins Best.......... at the ceremony. Positive Post is published to project positivity all around Pakistan amongst our youth and the entire nation. Our efforts are to inculcate patriotism and a sense of ownership in them. It is a compilation of news extracted by the students of Mass Communications and Media Studies of Greenwich University. Awards conferred on 58 military, 73 civil personalities Achievements of President Mamnoon Hussain on Gen Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Maj Pakistani women Friday conferred 58 military and Gen Muhammad Khalil Dar, Maj Sitara-i-Pakistan: Kimihide Ando, highlighted 73 civil awards upon various Gen Shahid Pervaiz, Maj Gen Dr Song Jong-hwan, Sadiq Khan. personalities from different walks of Azhar Naveed Hayat Khan, Maj Sitara-i-Shuja’at: Abdul Ghani in Washington life for their meritorious services in Gen Zafar Ullah Khan, Maj Gen (late), Saif-ur-Rehman (Shaheed), different fields. Syed Asim Munir, Maj Gen Fida retired Capt Syed Ahmad Mobin Benazir Bhutto, Asma Jahangir Hussain Malik, Maj Gen Hafeez Zaidi (Shaheed), Zahid Mehmood and Malala Yousafzai are not The awards were given away in a Ur Rahman, Maj Gen Muhammad Gondal (Shaheed), Muhammad mentioned at the Pakistan special investiture ceremony held Ihsan Ullah, Maj Gen Syed Ashraf Noor (Shaheed), Hamid Embassy except on a special at the Presidency on the occasion Muhammad Adnan, Maj Gen Shakeel Sabir (Shaheed), Maulana occasion and Wednesday night of Pakistan Day. The ceremony was Mohammad Waseem Ashraf, Maj Hassan Jan (Shaheed), Dr Mufti was one; it was the Interna - attended by ministers, parliamen - Gen Muhammad Kaleem Asif, Maj Muhammad Sarfraz Naeemi (Sha - tional Women’s Day. tarians, services’ chiefs, diplomats, Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Maj heed), Fuad Asadullah Khan and high-ranking civil and military Gen Sardar Tariq Aman, Maj Gen Ghulam Nabi Memon. officials and people belonging to Tahir Masood Bhutta, Maj Gen Sitara-i-Imtiaz: Zia Chishti, Ashar different walks of life. Sohail Hafeez, Maj Gen Mazhar Aziz, Makhdum Ali Chishty, Saira Ishaq, Maj Gen Salah Ud Din Afzal Tarar, Ashtar Ausaf Ali, Mian Prominent lawyer and human Qasim and Air Vice Marshal Shah Muhammad Abdullah, Aftab Sul - rights activist Asma Jahangir, who Masroor Hussain. tan, Zameer Muhammad Ch, has recently died, and renowned Zahid Bashir, Muhammad Ali urologist Dr Adeeb Rizvi were Sitara-i-Basalat: Commodore Tabba and Shahzad Roy. awarded Nisah-i-Imtiaz. Adnan Khaliq, Brig Khalid Farid, President’s Award for Pride of Performance: Dr Mohammad Faheem, Salman Alvi, Aslam Pervaiz (late), Harris Khalique, Pakistan’s first woman Foreign Amin Hafeez, Muhammad Nawaz Secretary Tehmina Janjua was Raza, Najia Rasool and Retd Brig the chief guest on the occasion. Javed Ahmed Satti. She paid rich tribute to women leaders of the freedom move - Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam: Afzal ment — Rana Liaquat Ali Khan. Khan and Shaista Ikramullah among them. In her speech, she Tamgha-i-Shuja’at: Haji Abu Bakar (late), Abdul Rehman, focused on the achievements of Muhammad Mustaqeem women in the foreign service Following are the recipients of Capt Faisal Javeed Sheikh ((PN), (Shaheed), Muhammad Amin where they proved that women Military awards: Lt Col Tauqeer Haider (Shaheed), Khan (Shaheed), Muhammad could be as good diplomats as Wing Commander Fayyaz Ather Asmat Ali (Shaheed), Nadeem men, if not better. Hilal-i-Imtiaz (military): Air Malik (Shaheed), Maj Faheem Tanveer (Shaheed), Muhammad Marshal Aasim Zaheer, Air Badshah Afridi, Maj Muhammad Aslam (Shaheed), Irfan Mehmood “There were once only four Marshal Shahid Akhtar, Rear Imran Khan (Shaheed), Maj Mu - (Shaheed), retd Col Safdar women on the top floor but Admiral Habib ur Rehman dasar Sagheer (Shaheed), Capt Hussain, Syed Pir Muhammad now there’re many,” she said. Qureshi, Rear Admiral Dr Nassar Syed Junaid Ali Arshad (Shaheed), Shah, Muhammad Irfan (Shaheed), “In this year’s batch, there are Ikram, Maj Gen Iftekhar Hussain, Sub Saeed Khan (Shaheed), Naib Hamid Tauqeer (Shaheed), 70 per cent women and 30 per Maj Gen Muhammad Salim Sub Muhammad Ali, Hav Atta Ur Muhammad Arshad (Shaheed), cent men, forcing some to sug - Jehangir, Maj Gen Zafar Iqbal Rehman (Shaheed), Sep Sajid Ali Muhammad Azeem Fareedi gest positive discrimination in Sheikh, Maj Gen Shamrez Khan, (Shaheed) and chef Nazakat Ali. (Shaheed), Maqbool Rehman favour of men.” Rear Admiral Sajid Wazir Khan, (Shaheed), Malik Gul Akbar Khan Following are the recipients of Civil Maj Gen Safdar Abbas, Air Vice (Shaheed), Malik Gul Shah Ali Ms Janjua said most Pakistani Marshal Noor Abbas, Maj Gen awards: Khan (Shaheed), Malik Haji ambassadors dealing with secu - Khalid Hussain Asad, Maj Gen Muhammad Amin, Akhtar Munir rity issues in sensitive places Najm us Saqib Khan, Maj Gen Nishan-i-Imtiaz: Asma Jahangir Afridi (Shaheed), Taj Alam Tariq Hussain, Rear Admiral (late), Dr Adeeb ul Hassan Rizvi. (Shaheed) Naik Jabeen Khan were women. “In Vienna, deal - Naveed Ahmed Rizvi, Maj Gen (Shaheed), Syed Abdul Ali Shah ing with the nuclear issues, in Kamran Ali, Maj Gen Manzoor Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam: Dr Shawki and Ishrat Hussain Bhatti. Geneva at the United Nations Ahmed, Maj Gen Moazzam Ejaz, Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam. in New York, in Brussels deal - Rear Admiral Asif Hameed, Maj Tamgha-i-Imtiaz: Dr Nadeem Jan, ing with the European Union Gen Amer Nadeem, Rear Admiral Hilal-i-Imtiaz: Mohammad Anwar Professor Muhammad Shamim and in Australia, and even in Ahmed Saeed, Maj Gen Nadeem Habib, Aslam Hayat, Tariq Mah - Khan, Osama Ahmed Warriach Washington and London, we Zaki, Maj Gen Asif Ali, Maj Gen mud, Dr Anjum Tauqir, Munir (late), Masood-Ul-Mulk, Khurram have or have had women am - Muhammad Arif, Maj Gen Ahmad Qureshi (Munnoo Bhai) Khan and Fiza Shah. bassadors,” she said. Shaheen Mazhar Mehmood, Maj (late), Nayyar Ali Dada, retired Jus - Courtesy: Dawn Courtesy: Dawn tice Saiduzzaman Siddiqui (late). 2 9 year old Pakistani girl scales 5,000m peak in Hunza A nine-year-old Pakistani girl has peaks: Mingling Sar (6,050 metres), While the mountaineering become the youngest to scale the followed by Spantik Peak (7,027 community has welcomed the 5,765-metre-high Quz Sar Peak in metres) and then Broad Peak feat, some have raised concerns Shimshal Valley, Hunza.