KARACHI: The youth of Karachi claim that it broke the world record
of reciting national anthem together as thousand of young men recited
national anthem on 64th Independence Day at Defence Stadium Karachi.
The
ceremony was held on the midnight, when clock struck 12:00 ‘O Clock in
the night, thousands of young men recited national anthem by becoming
single voice in the light of their cellular phone to express their
patriotism and broke the world record.
The event organizer Abid
Beli told Online that the participants were full of patriotism, which
is sign of good future of the country. He said that some 5885 Pakistani
youth read nationals anthem and grabbed the world record.
It is
worth mentioning here that earlier India had the world record in the
Gunnies Book of World Record but on the request of Pakistan it was
removed. Pakistan took the plea that the Indians recited “Bandy
Mahtarm” which was not Indian national anthem so the name of India was
removed. Latter Philippine made a new record when 5248 people read
national anthem on 1st September 2009. Online