Yoga Day 2019: Pakistan Too Celebrates Ancient Practice; Events Organised in Lahore, Islamabad, Other Cities

As the entire world is celebrating fifth International Yoga Day, citizens of India's neighbouring country Pakistan are too performing yoga but on a very muted scale.

Even the High Commission of India in Islamabad celebrated the International Yoga Day. (Image: AFP)

International Day of Yoga: As the entire world is celebrating fifth International Yoga Day, citizens of India's neighbouring country Pakistan are too performing yoga but on a much muted scale. A news report shared by Pakistan-based media house GNN shows women, men, children and some elderly people performing yoga to celebrate the occasion. In the news report, a citizen can be seen saying that life had become very dull and non-productive and yoga helped him in getting over it. Another person said that the issue of stress by doing private jobs ended after practicing Yoga. The report also shows an elderly woman saying that when your bones start getting weak, Yoga is the best exercise.

#InternationalDayofYoga in Pakistan: pic.twitter.com/UlitGcRJt4

— Naila Inayat नायला इनायत (@nailainayat) June 21, 2019

Even the High Commission of India in Islamabad celebrated the International Yoga Day. India's High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria headed the event and guests from both India and Pakistan community joined the celebration. Even a meditation session was organised. This is not for the first time that Pakistan celebrated International Yoga Day. In 2018 too, the High Commission of India in Pakistan celebrated the International Yoga Day which was attended by over 100 guests. The celebrations were also witnessed in other cities of Pakistan including Karachi and Lahore.

Yoga at @IndiainPakistan. High Commission members join for morning practice session for #IYD2019. We celebrate it on 22 June 2019. Watch this space!! @Ajaybis pic.twitter.com/83SxA3kowZ

— India in Pakistan (@IndiainPakistan) June 21, 2019

The United Nations on December 2014 proclaimed June 21 as the International Yoga Day after a draft resolution by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for establishing the International Day of Yoga was endorsed by a record 175 member of states. This time, while performing Yoga with over 40,000 enthusiasts at the Prabhat Tara ground in Ranchi to mark the fifth International Day of Yoga, PM Modi said that yoga is above caste, religion, colour, gender and region.

Pictures of Pakistani citizen stretching bodies and breathe on fifth International Day of Yoga

"We should make efforts to take yoga from cities to villages and tribal areas. Yoga is above religion, caste, colour, gender and region, it is above everything," Prime Minister told the gathering. Even the Chinese army troops and civilians for the first time participated in a joint Yoga session with Indian army personnel along the Indo-China border in the Eastern border on Friday. According to a Defence official, altogether 70 Chinese army personnel and 30 civilians participated in the joint yoga sessions at Nathu-La in Sikkim and at Bumla and Wacha-Damai in Arunachal Pradesh,