NEW YORK: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan has said that the country is on course towards attaining political stability and economic viability. Addressing Pakistani-Americans in New York, he said Pakistan is a great and resilient country with a vibrant population so there is no need for despair and despondency. The green-crescent-and star was raised at Bowling Green, a historic spot in New York City, to mark Pakistan’s 76th Independence Day, with Ambassador Masood Khan telling community members that the country is on course towards attaining political stability and economic viability. “Pakistan is a great country, a resilient nation,” he told the cheering gathering in which Mayor Eric Adams and his administration’s top officials, including Pakistani-Americans, were present. Bowling Green, the City’s oldest park, was the venue where the British colonial flag was lowered and America’s Stars and Stripes was raised in 1783. Last year Mayor Adams raised — for the first time — Pakistan’s flag, alongside the American flag, at the same spot on the country’s 75th anniversary. DNA
