Govt launches ‘Hurmat-e- Parcham’ campaign, ministers share pictures with national flag

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Thursday launched the “Huramat-e-Parcham campaign” in reaction to the attack by the angry protesters on the Pakistani embassy in Germany and the removal of the national flag.

The federal ministers released their pictures and the Pakistani flag on social media and wrote messages of love and affection for the national flag.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Leghari, Minister for Privatization Abdul Aleem Khan, Minister for Industries and Production Rana Tanveer, Minister for Information, Broadcasting, National Heritage and Culture Attaullah Tarar and other ministers also released pictures on social media with the national flag.

Federal Minister for Information Ataullah Tarar also posted a picture with the national flag on social media with the couplet “Chand Roshan Chamakta Sitara Rahey, Sab Se Oncha Yeh Jhanda Hamara Rahey” and said it was a clear message to the enemies of Pakistan.

Minister for Petroleum Dr. Musadik Malik, Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Ali Pervaiz Malik, and Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan also released pictures with the national flag and the message ‘Pakistan Zindabad’.

Attaullah Tarar appealed to political activists, journalists, intellectuals, teachers, lawyers, doctors, farmers, labourers, students, businessmen, patriotic Pakistanis abroad, and Pakistani youth to join the “Harmat Percham Campaign”.

He said that the flag of Pakistan symbolized national identity and sovereignty, representing the nation’s unity and solidarity, adding that the coming month August was the month of Pakistan’s independence, and the ” Hurmat- e- Percham campaign would be continued.

Terming the sanctity of the national flag as a national responsibility, he said it was the duty of every Pakistani to follow it.