Three-day Qaqalisht festival begins in Chitral
On the instructions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and Tourism Adviser Zahid Chenzeb, the Qaqalisht Festival has started in Chitral.
Qaqalisht Festival 2024 was launched in collaboration with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority and District Administration Upper Chitral.
Deputy Commissioner Upper Chitral Irfanuddin was present on the occasion of the inauguration ceremony.
Reports say that Various sports and cultural competitions will be held in the three-day Qaqalisht festival.
The festival will include football, volleyball, tug-of-war, cricket, cultural sports such as budi dek, marksmanship, polo, patak dek, and Shapir Kadi, paragliding demonstration and jeep rally will also be held in the festival.
However, more than 1 thousand players from Chitral Lower and Chitral Upper are participating in the festival.
Cultural dances and music concerts are also organized in the festival to entertain the tourists.
Moreover, the cultural handicraft products and food stalls are also set up in the festival