Punjab Emergency Service holds a flag hoisting ceremony to mark Independence Day

Lahore: In commemoration of Pakistan Independence Day, a flag hoisting ceremony was held at Rescue 1122 Headquarters on Friday. The Director, Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122), Brig. (r) Dr. Arshad Zia, Provincial Monitoring Officer & Registrar Emergency Services Academy Dr. Farhan Khalid, Deputy Director (P&D), Deputy Director (HR), Assistant Directors, rescue instructors and other rescue officers participated in the ceremony. Earlier, Director, Rescue 1122 hoisted the flag at Rescue 1122 Headquarters.

The Director, Punjab Emergency Service Dr. Arshad Zia offered special prayers for solidarity, prosperity and a safer Pakistan. He said that Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Muhammad Iqbal achieved this homeland for us to live and practice our customs and religious activities as an independent nation. “Unity, faith, discipline and commitment to duty of the nation can change the destiny of Pakistan,” he said, adding only weak nations hold others as guilty of their faults. Dr. Arshad Zia further said that we should analyze and examine our roles and responsibilities as what we are giving to Pakistan.

Rescuers made heartfelt speeches and sang national anthem & songs with pledges for establishing safer communities in Pakistan and to ensure a country where people could safely work; travel and live. Similarly, flag hoisting ceremonies were held in all rescue stations of the Punjab, where district emergency officers organized speech contests; awareness walks and other Taqreebat-e-Azadi.-