ISLAMABAD: About 60,000 people attended Pakistan’s Independence Day celebration at the Dubai Expo City, making it the largest such gathering in the world, the embassy of Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates said on Thursday.
Expressing gratitude to the UAE government, envoy Faisal Niaz Tirmizi acknowledged their support in making this year’s Pakistan Independence Day celebrations “unprecedented in scale.”
“The event, held on 10 August in Dubai Expo City attended by around 60,000 people, was the largest Pakistan Independence Day gathering held anywhere in the world,” the embassy said in a statement.
Tirmizi also underscored the contributions of the Pakistani community in the UAE, underscoring their importance to Pakistan’s economy at a time of fiscal reform and external account pressures.
“The Pakistani diaspora has played a vital role in the development of the UAE and has been a backbone of our economy through their remittances,” Tirmizi said, urging expatriates to continue their constructive role in the country’s progress.
As part of the celebrations, the embassy announced the launch of an online tracking system for passports and National Identity Cards for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP), aimed at improving consular services.
Tirmizi also pointed to improvements in education, saying two community schools had achieved a “Good” ranking for the first time in 20 years, and that more Pakistani private schools had been approached to expand branches in the Emirates.
