Pakistan | National Day

Embassy Team | 18th January 2017

High Commissioner Abbas welcomes guests

Owen Jenkins delivers his address

UAE Ambassador Abdul Rahman Ghanem Al Mutaiwee and Othmane Bahnini (Morocco) catch up

It wouldn’t be a Pakistan National Day without a fabulous cake

High Commissioner Syed Ibne Abbas welcomes the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic Federico Alberto Cuello Camilo

High Commissioner Abbas and Owen Jenkins cut the special National Day cake

High Commissioner Abbas, his wife Sadaf and the Saudi Ambassador Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud

High Commissioner Abbas and Danish Ambassador Claus Grube

High Commissioner Syed Ibne Abbas embraces Brunei High Commissioner Maj Gen (Rtd) Dato Haji Aminuddin Ihsan

The heads of mission for Bangladesh, Cyprus, Lithuania and India

Cyprus High Commissioner Euripides L. Evriviades and High Commissioner Abbas

High Commissioner Abbas greet the Turkish Ambassador Abdurrahman Bilgiç and his wife Esra

A strong turnout

High Commissioner Syed Ibne Abbas lauded the “exemplary strength” of the Pakistani people as guests gathered for a memorable celebration of the country’s National Day. “Despite some formidable challenges Pakistan today is a confident nation undergoing a silent revolution,” he said. “It’s sweeping around the country and producing positive results in the shape of an economic turnaround and social-cultural changes. There has been enhanced investment in the fields of education, health and social justice.”

Guest speaker Owen Jenkins, the Prime Minister’s special representative for Pakistan, said the night was also a celebration of the bonds that tie the UK and Pakistan. “The strongest of those is the strength of the Pakistan community in the UK,” he says. “They make such a huge contribution to our national life.”