Pakistan looks to bright future, says Maleeha Lodhi at Pakistan Day event

NEW YORK: Pakistan Day was celebrated in New York on Thursday, with Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi telling a large number of ambassadors and senior diplomats that Pakistan was well on its way to greater progress under the charismatic leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan

The reception was held at the Pakistan Mission to the United Nation ahead of March 23 as the United Nations is closed on that day for the weekend.

“Today, Pakistan is full of hope and confidence,” the Pakistani envoy said, while welcoming heads of diplomatic missions accredited to the UN, senior UN officials, including three under-secretaries-general, members of the Pakistani community and UN corps of correspondents.

Citing a recent international survey in which Pakistan was among the happiest nations in the world, the Pakistani envoy said this was a tribute to the resilience and strength of the Pakistani nation.

The new government, Ambassador Lodhi said, had generated unprecedented hope and expectation of progress and prosperity ahead.

She also said Pakistan will continue to play a leading international role in upholding multilateralism to which it has always been deeply committed.

Pakistan’s contribution to the UN in hard power will continue, with its role in Peacekeeping, she said. So will it’s contribution to soft power in the many norm building exercises underway at the UN and it’s contribution in the realm of ideas.

The Pakistan Mission set up photo displays highlighting Pakistani men and women serving in UN peacekeeping.