The 78th Founding Day of the state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is being celebrated on Friday.  Today is a public holiday throughout the state.The day dawned with twenty-one gun salute at the state capital Muzaffarabad. Special prayers were offered in mosques for the integrity and prosperity of Pakistan and the early liberation of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. 

The Founding Day is celebrated in commemoration of freedom from the Dogra regime on the 24th of October in 1947.  Simple but impressive flag hoisting ceremonies will also be held at district level.  In the state capital Muzaffarabad, the main function of the Founding Day will be held at Parade Ground wherein President AJK Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry and Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq will hoist the national flag at nine in the morning. 

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)