A boy shakes hands with a Pakistani soldier at the mausoleum of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah during a ceremony to mark the country's Independence Day in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, Aug. 14, 2013. Pakistan on Wednesday celebrates its Independence Day with traditional fervour to pay homage to those who sacrificed their lives for creating a separate country for Muslims of the Sub-Continent. Pakistan won independence from the British colonial rule on Aug. 14, 1947. (Xinhua/Masroor) |