National News

KING KHALID MILITARY CITY (Saudi Arabia), (APP):
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday attended the
military parade by contingents of 21 Islamic countries here at
the conclusion of the North Thunder military exercise.
Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif accompanied
the Prime Minister.
The leaders are in Saudi Arabia on the invitation of the
custodian of two holy mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al
Saud.
The Prime minister was joined by leaders from 21
countries who watched the parade held at the conclusion of the
North Thunder military exercise, a press release from the PM
House said.
Contingents of different countries carrying their
national flags marched past the stage.
Pakistan was the only country whose fighter aircraft
performed aerobics, which included performance by two JF-17
Thunder Aircraft and the famous Sherdil formation with its
eight Karakoram-8 aircraft.
The Pakistani SSG Commandoes performed free fall in the
parade. The Pakistani commandoes jumped from helicopters
carrying flags of all the 21 countries participating in the
North Thunder exercise.