{"id":36109,"date":"2026-08-16T05:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T05:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=36109"},"modified":"2026-08-16T05:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T05:25:14","slug":"pakistan-embassy-unveils-quaids-statue-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=36109","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan embassy unveils Qu\u00adaid\u2019s statue in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A statue of Qu\u00adaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah was unveiled at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington on Friday, giving the country\u2019s\u00a0Independence Day<\/a>\u00a0celebrations a distinctly historical dimension and placing the founder of Pakis\u00adtan at the centre of a ceremony that also highlighted the evolving Pakistan-United States relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ambassador of Pakistan to the US Rizwan Saeed Sheikh unvei\u00adled the statue during an Indepen\u00addence Day ceremony attended by members of the Pakistani-American community, diplomats and media representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statue, donated by the Quaid-i-Azam Foundation of Houston, will remain permanently at the embassy. Its unveiling comes as Pakistan prepares to mark Jinnah\u2019s 150th birth anniversary later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paying tribute to the founder, Ambassador Sheikh said the nati\u00ad\u00adon remained grateful to Mr Jin\u00adnah for his constitutional struggle and tireless efforts that turned the idea of Pakistan into a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe inspiring leadership of Quaid-i-Azam united the Muslims of the subcontinent under one flag and blessed us with freedom,\u201d he said, urging Pakistanis, particularly those living abroad, to uphold Jinnah\u2019s principles of \u201cUnity, Faith and Discipline\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Independence Day ceremony began with the hoisting of the national flag to the strains of the national anthem, followed by the recitation of verses from the Holy Quran and the reading of messages from Pakistan\u2019s president, prime minister and deputy prime minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his address, Ambassador Sheikh used the occasion to underline Pakistan\u2019s continuing importance to the US and the wider world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His remarks echoed a message issued by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Pakistan\u2019s Independence Day, in which he specifically referred to the two countries\u2019 cooperation on regional mediation, along with critical minerals, energy, counterterrorism, cultural heritage, and trade and investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reference to regional mediation is particularly significant given Pakistan\u2019s diplomatic efforts involving Washington and Tehran. Islamabad has sought to use its relations with both sides to facilitate dialogue and help ease tensions between the United States and Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ceremony also included an investiture ceremony for Waqar Ali Khan, who received the President\u2019s Award for Pride of Performance in recognition of his decades of service as a community leader and cultural ambassador in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A statue of Qu\u00adaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah was unveiled at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington on Friday, giving the country\u2019s\u00a0Independence Day\u00a0celebrations a distinctly historical dimension and placing the founder of Pakis\u00adtan at the centre of a ceremony that also highlighted the evolving Pakistan-United States relationship. Ambassador of Pakistan to the US Rizwan Saeed Sheikh unvei\u00adled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[33520,9585,30222,483,33559,33558],"class_list":["post-36109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-14th-august-2","tag-celebration","tag-independance-day-2","tag-pakistan-2","tag-pakistan-embassy-in-washington","tag-quaids-statue","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36110,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36109\/revisions\/36110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}