Sponsored by Aga Khan Rural Support Programme: Qaqlasht festival Chitral features cultural shows, traditional games

Sponsored by Aga Khan Rural Support Programme: Qaqlasht festival Chitral features cultural shows, traditional gamesCHITRAL: The four-day Qaqlasht festival concluded with much funfair and colourful activities at the tourist resort near Booni in Upper Chitral on Sunday.

Held at 8000 feet high tourist resort, the festival was attended a large number of people, tourists and students from different educational institutions. The festival showcased different sports competitions including polo, sports for the physically challenged persons, traditional food stalls, cultural show, tug-of-war, skate shooting, rock climbing, zip-lining marathon race, volleyball, cricket, football, archery and music night.

Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP), district administration Chitral jointly organised the festival. Sarhad Rural Support Programme, cellular company Telenor, Agha Khan Rural Support Programme, tehsil municipal administration Mastuj sponsored the colourful event.

Source: thenews.com.pk / April 16, 2018

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