The 78th Founding Day of the state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir will be celebrated on Friday.
It will be a public holiday throughout the state.
The day will dawn with 21 gun salutes at the state capital Muzaffarabad.
The Founding Day is celebrated in commemoration of freedom from the Dogra regime on the 24th of October in 1947.
Special prayers will be offered in mosques for the integrity and prosperity of Pakistan and the early liberation of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Simple but impressive flag hoisting ceremonies will 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 Chaudhary and Prime Minister Chaudhary Anwar-ul-Haq will hoist the national flag at 9:00 am.
