Javed Ansari, secretary general of the Society for the Study of Self-Reliance of Pakistan, said this in his report made at an inaugural ceremony of the Pakistani national preparatory committee for celebrating the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung (Day of the Sun) on March 22.

He said that Kim Il Sung is deeply revered by the progressive people for his distinguished political caliber and outstanding personality as a great man and the exploits he performed for the liberation of Korea, socialist construction, the reunification of the country and cause of global independence.