Keep alive the flame of freedom, Munir Akram urges community on 'Pakistan Day'.

NEW YORK -- Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, in a 'Pakistan Day' message to the Pakistani community, called for helping their compatriots back home, especially the poor, disadvantaged, weak, and vulnerable.

The Ambassador paid tributes to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and all the leaders of the Freedom Movement who conceived, struggled, and sacrificed for the creation of Pakistan. saying, "We must keep alive the flame of freedom.'

"As we witness the suffering of our Kashmiri brothers and sisters, living under Indian occupation, as we see the officially sanctioned discrimination and violence against the 200 million Muslims of India, we cannot but express our gratitude, and the gratitude of our children and their children, for the freedoms that we - Pakistanis - enjoy in our sovereign and independent state," ambassador Akram said.

"It was the foresight and strength of our Founding Fathers that has enabled us to live in freedom - freedom to practice our Faith; freedom to pursue our individual and collective well-being," he said.

We must, therefore, celebrate this day...