CS Directs To Ensure Best Steps For Shandur Festival.

Peshawar -- Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shahzad Bangash on Thursday directed concerned authorities to ensure best arrangements for the historic Shandur Polo Festival.

He issued the directive while presiding over a review meeting at Civil Secretariat regarding preparations for Shandur Festival. The meeting was attended by administrative secretaries of home, tourism, information, communication and works departments and Director General KP Culture and Tourism Authority (KPCTA) while Commissioner Malakand, Regional Police Officer, Deputy Commissioners and District Police Officers of Upper and Lower Chitral participated through video link.

DG KPCTA informed the meeting that Shandur Polo Festival would be held from July 1 to July 3 after a two-year break due to Covid-19 pandemic. He elaborated that tent village was being set up around the world's highest polo ground at an altitude of 12,600 feet, wherein boarding and lodging facilities would be provided to both foreign and domestic tourists.

He said that local cultures including music and...