ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan rang in 2025 with joyous occasions in large cities like Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi, with hopes and prayers for good well being, prosperity and peace within the new yr, as thousands and thousands throughout the nation exchanged greetings on social media platforms.
The New 12 months celebrations in Pakistan differ relying on private preferences, regional traditions and cultural influences. Whereas the festivities weren’t as widespread as in different international locations world wide as a result of cultural and non secular norms, many Pakistanis marked the event in their very own methods.
On the event, the political management urged the nation to collectively attempt for a greater and stronger Pakistan in 2025 after reviewing the successes and failures of the previous yr to be taught from it and attempt for a greater yr forward.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of their separate messages, congratulated the Pakistani nation and the worldwide group on the start of the New 12 months and hoped the New 12 months would possibly carry peace, stability, progress and prosperity to the nation.
“I hope that the New 12 months will probably be a yr of progress and prosperity and peace and stability on the international stage. To get the nation out of the challenges, the nation has to work with unity, self-discipline, steady exhausting work and dedication,” Zardari mentioned in his message.
“I pray that the solar of 2025 will rise with the promise of progress and prosperity for our nation Pakistan. I additionally pray that within the New 12 months, we right our particular person and collective errors dedicated prior to now yr and make a brand new starting and begin a brand new shiny future,” mentioned Shehbaz.
On the international stage, Shehbaz expressed the hope that the financial, political and regulation and order crises that the world confronted in 2024 could be overcome. “Might the brand new yr show to be the yr of ending starvation, poverty, conflict, terrorism, crimes, sectarianism and sophistication division from the world,” he added.
“I hope that in 2025, Palestine and IIOJK will probably be profitable of their wrestle for freedom,” he prayed.