{"id":10464,"date":"2025-09-07T18:40:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T18:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/09\/07\/mausoleum-guard-change-karachi\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T18:40:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T18:40:58","slug":"mausoleum-guard-change-karachi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/09\/07\/mausoleum-guard-change-karachi\/","title":{"rendered":"Mausoleum Guard Change Ceremony in Karachi on Defence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A solemn changing-of-the-guard ceremony took place at the mausoleum of Pakistan\u2019s founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in Karachi to mark Defence Day. The formal event honored the memory of the Quaid and paid tribute to the nation\u2019s armed forces through a dignified display of military protocol.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony featured a formal relief of the guards at Mazar-e-Quaid, where uniformed sentries carried out the precise procedures associated with the guard change. The event was conducted with restraint and decorum, reflecting the solemnity of the occasion and the significance of the site.<\/p>\n<p>Held as part of Defence Day observances, the ceremony served as a public expression of respect for the sacrifices of the armed forces and reaffirmed national unity around the ideals of Pakistan\u2019s founding. The routine of changing the guard at the Quaid\u2019s mausoleum remains an important symbolic tradition on days of national remembrance.<\/p>\n<p>The event underscored the continuing role of ceremonial military practices in commemorating historical figures and national service, providing both a moment of reflection and a visible demonstration of discipline and respect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A solemn changing-of-the-guard ceremony took place at the mausoleum of Pakistan\u2019s founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in Karachi to mark Defence Day. The formal event honored the memory of the Quaid and paid tribute to the nation\u2019s armed forces through a dignified display of military protocol. The ceremony featured a formal relief of the guards at &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":10465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10466,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10464\/revisions\/10466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}