Pakistan honours Olympic gold medalist Nadeem on Independence Day

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Pakistan marked 77 years of independence on Wednesday (Aug 14) with traditional flag-raising ceremonies and honoured Arshad Nadeem, who clinched the country's first Olympic medal in athletics.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Pakistan marked 77 years of independence on Wednesday with traditional flag-raising ceremonies

00:08and honored Arshad Nadeem, who clinched the country's first Olympic medal in athletics.

00:14Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif hoisted the national flag at Pakistan Monument in the

00:18capital Islamabad and delivered a speech.

00:21He laid a floral wreath at the monument, paying homage to the country's founding fathers

00:26and national heroes.

00:28A police contingent later formed an honor guard for Nadeem at a separate ceremony, where

00:33Sharif lauded the gold medalist at the Paris Olympics men's javelin event.

00:37After winning the gold medal at Arshad Nadeem's Olympics, I would like to pay tribute to the

00:44people who gave a gift to the nation on the occasion of Independence Day.

00:51Nadeem, a 27-year-old father of two, beat defending champion Neeraj Chopra of neighboring

00:56arch-rival India in the men's javelin with an Olympic-record 92.97-meter throw, the sixth

01:03best ever.

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