Pakistan marks 60th anniversary Celebrations are under way across Pakistan to mark the 60th anniversary of independence from Britain and the creation of the country. Fireworks lit up the sky and crowds filled the streets as clocks struck midnight in the capital, Islamabad.
This summer marks the sixtieth anniversary of the independence of India and Pakistan and the historic events of 1947 are the focus of a new exhibition at the University of Southampton's Hartley Library which is now open to the public.