Pakistan national cricket team stars congratulated the nation on 71st Independence Day as they uploaded pictures and videos celebrating the occasion while traditional zeal and fervour. Wife of skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed uploaded a video with the captain himself, his son and his nephew cutting the Independence Day cake. https://twitter.com/KhushSarfaraz/status/1029319513332965376 Opener Muhammad Hafeez’s wife also tweeted pictures of Hafeez with his kids celebrating Pakistan’s 71st birthday. https://twitter.com/MHafeez22/status/1029085454333890565 Spin-wizard Saeed Ajmal shared a video message in which he said that Pakistan is our country and that we should work to make it prosperous and keep it clean. Happy Independence Day pic.twitter.com/DFoZ0ch2kL — Saeed Ajmal (@REALsaeedajmal) August 14, 2018 Middle-order batsman Umar Akmal also uploaded a video on Twitter. Happy Independence day to my nation #Pakistanzindabaad#tmjiyohazaroonsaal pic.twitter.com/J93iToeQoH — Umar Akmal (@Umar96Akmal) August 13, 2018 In his message, Shahid Afridi urged the nation to join hands and work for the development and prosperity of the country. اس جشن آزادی آئیں مل کر عہد کریں کہ ہم سب مل کر اس ملک کو سنوارنے میں اپنا کردار ادا کریں گے۔ تبدیلی خود سے کیونکہ ہم اس ملک سے ہیں اور یہ ملک ہم سے۔ آزادی ایک نعمت ہے اس کی قدر کیجئے۔ پاکستان زندہ باد pic.twitter.com/Xq96QnrTWK — Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) August 13, 2018 Shoaib Malik, who is currently in the West Indies to take part in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) said that he was ‘missing’ home. Happy #IndependenceDay2018 dosto #PakistanZindabad 🇵🇰❤️🙏🏼 Miss being home on this day the most. Miss JJ a lot too, May Allah give him His Supreme blessings, Ameen pic.twitter.com/sNJwPy9R9r — Shoaib Malik 🇵🇰 (@realshoaibmalik) August 14, 2018 Legendary left-armer Wasim Akram said that today the nation was not only celebrating independence, but a new beginning. Today we are not only honouring our history, Today as a Nation we are celebrating for our future. Happy Independence Day Pakistan 🇵🇰 — Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) August 14, 2018