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Pakistan@75: Hundreds Attend Pakistan Day Parade in New Jersey

Pakistan@75: Hundreds Attend Pakistan Day Parade in New Jersey

  • Cars and floats decorated were the highlights of the parade, along with vendors selling traditional arts and crafts and food, as well as a cultural program.

Slogans of “Pakistan Zindabad” echoed in Papaianni Park in Edison, New Jersey, on Aug. 21, as hundreds gathered to commemorate Pakistan’s 76th Independence Day at the Pakistan Day Parade.

Pakistani Americans in the tri-state area attend Pakistani Day Parade at Papaianni Park in Edison, N.J., Aug. 21. Top photo: New Jersey Department of Health official Azra Bag, left, with N.J. Assemblywoman Sadaf Jaffer, second from left, and parade attendees.

Cars and floats decorated with both Pakistan and the American flag were the highlights of the parade, along with vendors selling traditional arts and crafts and food, as well as a cultural program.

Elected officials and guests with organizers and musicians and dancers at the Pakistani Day Parade at Papaianni Park in Edison, N.J., Aug. 21.

Sam Khan, chairman of the Pakistan American Council, told American Kahani that the annual event was a grand success. He said the parade aims to bring all Pakistanis together and also preserve the culture for generations to come.

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Several elected officials including New Jersey Assemblywoman Sadaf Jaffer, Assembly member Raj Mukherji, East Brunswick Mayor Brad Cohen, and prominent Pakistani Americans attended the event. 

Above: Cars and floats decorated with both Pakistan and the American flag were the highlights of the parade, along with vendors selling traditional arts and crafts and food, as well as a cultural program.
Below, Azra Bag with elected officials.
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