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Add 4 tablespoons each of honey and cream to warm bath water with 5 drops of jasmine, 3 drops of orange, and 2 drops of vanilla.
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ISLAMABAD, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan celebrated the 68th Independence Day on Thursday with national zeal and enthusiasm as the nation vows to make the country as was envisioned by the founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
The day started with a 31-gun salute in the federal capital of Islamabad and 21-gun salutes in all the four provincial capitals; Karachi, Lahore Authentic Melvin Gordon Jersey , Quetta and Peshawar.
Special prayers were offered for the prosperity, integrity and solidarity of the country.
Pakistan's Independence Day is observed annually on Aug. 14 to commemorate the day when Muslims of the Indian subcontinent achieved a separate homeland and was declared a sovereign nation, following the end of the British rule in 1947.
The main flag hoisting ceremony was held at the presidency in Islamabad where President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif hoisted the national flag. The ceremony was attended by the federal ministers, services chiefs and other military officials.
In his Independence Day address, Sharif paid tributes to the security forces fighting the militants in the country's northwestern tribal region of North Waziristan.
On the occasion, a special parade of armed forces and a fly- past ceremony were held in front of the parliament that was attended by PM Sharif and foreign diplomats.
Flag-hoisting ceremonies was also held at provincial capitals and district headquarters besides other important national institutions.
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All the major public and private buildings, roads, avenues and markets were decorated with illuminations, national flags, portraits of the national leaders, banners and buntings.
Young people Darius Philon Jersey , especially children, enthusiastically purchased the national flags, bunting, posters, stickers and candles and decorated their homes.
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