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Pakistan Independence Day is celebrated in Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood on Aug. 10, 2025. The annual event, complete with floats and music, commemorates the day Pakistan achieved independence from the British colonial rule in 1947.

 

Participants ride a float down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Participants ride a float down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Participants ride on a car down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Participants ride on a car down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Participants ride a float down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Participants ride a float down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
People watch from the sidewalk as participants march down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
People watch from the sidewalk as participants march down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Participants ride a float down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Participants ride a float down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
People watch from the sidewalk as participants march down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
People watch from the sidewalk as participants march down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Midwest Ismaili Pipe Band leads the march down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
The Midwest Ismaili Pipe Band leads the march down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Children ride a float down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Children ride a float down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Participants ride a float down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Participants ride a float down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Participants ride a float down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Participants ride a float down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Zakaria Hussain, 7, holds a flag during the march down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Zakaria Hussain, 7, holds a flag during the march down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Azair Arkum holds a flag while marching down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. The annual event, complete with floats and music, commemorates the day Pakistan achieved independence from the British colonial rule in 1947. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
Azair Arkum holds a flag while marching down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
M. Rafiq holds a flag as participants prepared to march down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. The annual event, complete with floats and music, commemorates the day Pakistan achieved independence from the British colonial rule in 1947. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)
M. Rafiq holds a flag as participants prepared to march down West Devon Avenue to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day on Aug. 10, 2025, in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)