THE 42ND ANNIVERSARY OF ASEAN CELEBRATION IN On Saturday, 8 August 2009, HIS EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR AHMAD SHAHIZAN ABD SAMAD, High Commissioner and the Home-Based Staff (HBS) of the High Commission of Malaysia in In gracing the occasion, HIS EXCELLENCY MR. NAWABZADA MALIK AMAD KHAN, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was the Chief Guest of Honour. The others present were HIS EXCELLENCY MR. MASOOD KHALID, Additional Secretary (Asia Pacific), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, ASEAN Ambassadors/High Commissioners and their respective HBS, ASEAN Community in Essentially, the sequence of events kicked-off with the playing of the ASEAN Song, National Anthem of Pakistan, cake-cutting ceremony and followed by speeches and mementos presentation. In pictures:
Arrival of the Chief Guest of Honour 
The Speeches and Cake-cutting
The Unforgettable Mementos 
The ASEAN Community … at ease and in high spirits! 
Entertainment Showtime ... The "Green ASEAN!"
In sum, the celebration of the 42nd Anniversary of ASEAN in Islamabad was a great success depicting a truly proactive, dynamic, “green,” and engaging in promoting the spirits of ASEANness in Pakistan, that is true to its philosophy of the “ONE Vision, ONE Identity, ONE Community.”