{"id":6832,"date":"2025-08-05T14:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=6832"},"modified":"2025-08-05T14:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:56:06","slug":"bangladesh-national-flag-hoisted-at-new-chancery-in-islamabad-to-mark-july-mass-uprising-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/bangladesh-national-flag-hoisted-at-new-chancery-in-islamabad-to-mark-july-mass-uprising-day-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh national flag hoisted at new chancery in Islamabad to mark July Mass Uprising Day 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Wednesday, August 5, 2025 : The national flag of Bangladesh was hoisted for the first time at the newly constructed Chancery Complex of the Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad to mark the July Mass Uprising Day 2025.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Bangladesh High Commissioner to Pakistan, Md. Iqbal Hussain Khan, raised the flag atop a 49-foot pole as the national anthem played, symbolizing a significant diplomatic milestone for the country\u2019s presence in Pakistan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A large gathering attended the historic occasion, including the mission\u2019s defence advisor, deputy high commissioner, press counsellor, head of chancery, other diplomatic staff, and employees of the high commission. Also in attendance were expatriate Bangladeshi architect Mazhar who contributed to the project and Pakistani engineers Latif and Mozammel, along with many local citizens.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6834\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fc60d510-ce8f-4b50-ac40-d11113a37d3b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fc60d510-ce8f-4b50-ac40-d11113a37d3b.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fc60d510-ce8f-4b50-ac40-d11113a37d3b-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fc60d510-ce8f-4b50-ac40-d11113a37d3b-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fc60d510-ce8f-4b50-ac40-d11113a37d3b-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fc60d510-ce8f-4b50-ac40-d11113a37d3b-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fc60d510-ce8f-4b50-ac40-d11113a37d3b-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the ceremony, High Commissioner Iqbal Hussain Khan emphasized the symbolic significance of the event. &#8220;This Chancery Complex and today\u2019s flag hoisting mark an important milestone in the 49-year history of Bangladesh\u2019s diplomatic mission in Islamabad. It stands as a proud testament to our independence, sovereignty, and national identity,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Located in the heart of Islamabad&#8217;s Diplomatic Enclave, the new complex is set to enhance the high commission\u2019s diplomatic outreach and operational capacity in Pakistan, opening a new chapter in bilateral engagement between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6835\" src=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pak-inqilab-wadud-20250806141756.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pak-inqilab-wadud-20250806141756.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pak-inqilab-wadud-20250806141756-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pak-inqilab-wadud-20250806141756-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pak-inqilab-wadud-20250806141756-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pak-inqilab-wadud-20250806141756-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pak-inqilab-wadud-20250806141756-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Wednesday, August 5, 2025 : The national flag of Bangladesh was hoisted for the first time at the newly constructed Chancery Complex of the Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad to mark the July Mass Uprising Day 2025. Bangladesh High Commissioner to Pakistan, Md. Iqbal Hussain Khan, raised the flag atop a 49-foot pole as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-diplomacy","category-south-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}