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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)
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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)

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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)
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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)
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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)

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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)
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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)
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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)

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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)
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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)
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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)

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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)
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/Chicago Tribune)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/Chicago Tribune)

Originally Published: August 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM CDT