Pakistan Independence Day: All set for celebrations

Capital turns green & white ahead of Independence Day

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A vendor wearing a mask with the colours of Pakistan's national flag holds another mask while waiting for customers at a market in Karachi.
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Young children holding national flags as wearing flag color clothes to show enthusiasm in connection with Independence Day Celebration in Rawalpindi.
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View of banners installed by Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad on Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah Avenue in Islamabad.
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Citizens are getting ready to celebrate Independence Day with zeal and zest. The most enthusiastic are children who are busy collecting stickers, badges and also beautifying their bicycles with unique stickers inscribed with messages of Independence Day. Above, a woman shop national flags, badges and masks and other stuff at a market ahead of Pakistan Independence Day celebration, in Islamabad.
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A woman shops shirts with wording happy Independence Day at a market ahead of Pakistan Independence Day celebration, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Pakistani nation will celebrate its 74th Independence Day on Aug. 14. 2020 (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Pic12-018 KARACHI: Aug12 - People are busy in buying of national flags and other decorated items in colors of national flag, as the nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day, in provincial capital. ONLINE PHOTO by Sabir Mazhar
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People shop national flags, badges and masks and other stuff at a market ahead of Pakistan Independence Day celebration, in Islamabad. Like every year, Pakistan Independence day celebrations 2020 are in full swing across the country including Federal capital with all the streets, buildings were decorated with green and white illuminations.
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A beautiful view of Lal Hawaili Building which is illuminated with colorful lights in Rawalpindi.
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A cyclist waits to cross a road next to a Happy Independence Day billboard with the pictures of founder leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah and national poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Women shop for national flags, badges and masks at a stall in Karachi. All the streets, public places, parks, market, bazaars and roads are flooded with stalls of national flags and other large numbers of decorative items where a huge rush of youth and children are witnessed to buy flags, badges, stickers, masks, wrist bands, hair pony bands, fancy glasses, T-shirt, caps and several other available stuff.
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A massive rush of citizens was seen at makeshift stalls, selling national flag, posters, stickers and candles, which is the main attraction for youth who are busy decorating their cars, motorcycles, homes.
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