ISLAMABAD: Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Speaker, National Assembly said that
the nation needed the spirit of 6th September 1965 to fight and
overcome the challenges confronting to the country.
Dr. Fehmida
Mirza in her message to the nation on Defence Day, being celebrated
today, she said that the day reminds us of the resolve and the courage
displayed by the country’s Armed Forces and the people of Pakistan
while defending their country during 1965 War against India.
The
Speaker said that on the day the courageous soldiers of Pakistan
defeated the numerically superior enemy and proved their worth for
defence of the motherland. “The Nation will always remember the
unprecedented bravery and supreme sacrifices of the Armed Forces of the
Country” she said. The Speaker said that today the nation needed the
same unity and the spirit of September 1965 to resolve the problems it
was confronting.
The Speaker said that at present the country
was facing the treat of terrorism and extremism and passing through a
difficult time and needed the same spirit of 6 September. She said that
6th September is a symbol of our enduring display of unity, faith and
discipline as a nation and stressed the need for unity for national
solidarity, integrity, prosperity and peace. Online
