ISLAMABAD: Australian High Commissioner Margaret Adamson has said that Australia as ever stands Pakistan with shoulder to shoulder to counter in battle against violence, extremism and terrorism. She was speaking, on the occasion of celebration of Australia Day function here at the premises of Australian High Commission. High Commissioner Margaret Adamson addressing the gathering said that celebrating Cultural Diversity was an opportunity to reflect on the cultural diversity of Australia and Pakistan and the strong people-to-people links between the two countries in the 70th year of Pakistan’s existence and of diplomatic relations. “Australia is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse nations in the world, where a migrant arrives to start a new life every 1 minute and 29 seconds. Almost 400 different languages, including indigenous languages, are spoken collectively by Australia’s 24 million people, and an estimated 75 per cent of Australia’s population identify with an ancestry other than Australian,” she said. Adamson said that over 55,000 people of Pakistani origin are living and working in Australia. These people-to-people links and a shared diversity of culture strengthen the Australia-Pakistan relationship. She said that Pakistanis also tremendously rich culturally diversity from Sindhi Ajrak to Kalash dresses, music of Gilgit Baltistan, folk dancers, music, Punjabi Bhungara, which all are beautiful. Rich and vibrant history and culture, Pakistan is home of oldest civilizations of the world, historical sites of Moenjo Daro, Taxila, Harapa and Swat. Religions of Buddhist, Sikhs, Hindus, Mughals heritages, Sufi Islam and Sufi music have also flourished in the region. It is sadly reminded that those want wish to damage or destroy rich cultural diversity of Pakistan to extremism and violence. Widely important for community of nations to protect and defend to safe and secure heritage for future generations and foundation of collective global civility and resilience. Speaking on the occasion, Khurram Dastgir Khan, Federal Minister for Commerce said that Pakistan is committed with Australia-Pakistan relations. He said that since couple years Pakistani culturally diversity very slowly returning back. The art, music, painting and dancing which seen suspected here, which routes in the soil, now once aging thousands of year history of this soil, cultural diversity, and reasserting and repapering.