Pakistan marks 70 years of independence - in pictures

In Islamabad, President Mamnoon Hussain hoisted the national flag at a ceremony attended by prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and the visiting Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang

A girl holds a Pakistan flag as she sits on the shoulders of her father during a ceremony to celebrate the country's 70th Independence Day at the mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi. Akhtar Soomro / Reuters

Stephen Nelmes

Aug 14, 2017

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