ISLAMABAD: The final rehearsal of Pakistan Day parade will take place in Islamabad on Tuesday.
Mobile services will remain blocked from 5 AM till 1 PM, within a 10 KM radius of the Par
ade Avenue, a source informed media.
Roads will be closed to the nearby public including Faisal Avenue, Zero Point, Faizabad, and Par
ade Avenue.
The City T
raffic police Islamabad and Rawalpindi released a comprehensive t
raffic plan for the full dres
s rehearsal.
Faizabad will remain completely closed from 5 AM to 2 PM. T
raffic from Koral Chowk Interchange will be diverted to Link
Road.
T
raffic coming from Murree will be stopped at 17 mile Toll Plaza. Moreover, the t
raffic police will stop t
raffic from Abbottabad at Barian.
T
raffic from Rawalpindi to Islamabad will enter the city from Shamsabad double road. T
raffic moving from Islamabad to Rawalpindi will be diverted to IJP road toward
Katarian and Pindora Chowk to move from Park Road to Rawal Dam Chowk and Murree
Road.
T
raffic moving from airport to Islamabad will use Khanna Pull, Lehtarar Road, and Taramirri Chowk to move to Park
Road.
The ISPR had earlier said that People’s Liberation Army (PLA) China’s Tri-Services and Saudi Special Force’s contingents and Turkish Janissary Military band (Mehteran) will take part in the Pakistan Day parade.
Among other dignitaries, Chief of South African National Defence Force, General Solly Zacharia Shoke will also witness the parade.
Pakistan Day is a national holiday to commemorate the Lahore Resolution of March 23, 1940, when the Muslim League drafted the political resolution calling for establishing an independent federation.