Pakistan’s 70th birthday marked

Dressed in national attire, children (from left) Ayesha Ahmad (7), Izza Ahmad (8), Romaisa Rahat (9) and Hashim Bacha (4) take part in a social function at the University of Otago campus to mark Pakistan’s Independence Day, on Monday.

The event, marking  the 70th anniversary of Pakistan’s creation as a sovereign state in 1947, was organised by the Pakistan Student Association.