Former Pak Minister Congratulates ISRO on Chandrayaan-III, Urges Pak Media to Show Landing Live

Bhubaneswar, August 23: The landing of Chandrayaan-III’s lander Vikram has put the entire nation in a mood of celebration as institutions, organizations and individuals are engaged in organizing special screening and also having special `jajnya’ and special puja sessions are already there in temples and Namaz sessions at mosques.

Interestingly, a support has also come from a very unfamiliar source as Former Pakistani Information and Broadcasting Minister Choudhury Fawad Hussain in his Twitter page (now X) quoted ``Pak media should show #Chandrayan moon landing live tomorrow at 6:15 PM… historic moment for Human kind specially for the people, scientists and Space community of India…. Many Congratulations.’’

Across the nation the Chandrayaan-III landing has invited a unprecedented interest and passion and the government and private institutions have already requested their students and parents not to miss the live telecast which will start around 5.27 IST and would continue till 6.30 pm. The live coverage will be available via multiple platforms, including the ISRO Website (https://www.isro.gov.in/) and DD National TV channel.

Interestingly, world renowned sand artist Sudarshan Pattanaik from Puri has done a beautiful sand sculpture on the Chandrayaan-III landing misson in order to inspire the ISRO scientists.