Polo Festival: Shandur tournament to start today

News Desk

ISLAMABAD:  The historic and most awaited thrilled Shandur festival will start today (Friday). The three-day festival will remain till July 3.

The event is organized by Gilgit-Baltistan Tourism and Sports Department in collaboration with the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government.

The teams of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral districts are participating in the event. In this connection, preparations have been finalized.

KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan will attend the festival as chief guest on the special invitation of GB Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan.

Shandur festival had been celebrated regularly since 1980 and had gained international fame, attracting thousands of local and foreign tourists annually.

The festival couldn’t take place for a few years due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, but it would be held this year with the consent and mutual coordination of both the KP and GB governments.