Mayor unfurls flag for independence day
Date published: 15 August 2008
MORE than 100 people were at the Pakistani Community Centre in Marlborough Street, Glodwick, yesterday to mark Pakistan Independence Day.
Centre manager Mohammed Ansar said: “The Mayor of Oldham, Councillor Shoab Akhtar, raised the flag and gave a short speech, after which food was served.”
Pakistan was granted independence from Britain in 1947.
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