Peshawar
The grand and colourful 4-day ‘Natonal Derajat Festival’ will begin tomorrow on March 3 in Dera Ismail Khan with a variety of sport and cultural activities to amuse and entertain the local citizens as well as visitors from across the country and abroad.
Arrangements for this purpose have been finalised jointly by the provincial government and district administration of Dik.
The KP Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Faisal Amin Khan Gandapur while sharing details of the festival with local journalists and elite at DC office DIk revealed that unique feature of this mega event is the holding of 2nd National Off-road Jeep Rally in the city suburbs along China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) route.
He said that Derajat Festival is being held at the city main Sports Stadium with an objective to promote the sport, cultural and traditional values of the area.
Faisal Amin said that the extravaganza is organized at the national level under ‘Derajat Festival’ to inculcate the spirit of love and fraternity among the locals especially the youth and to keep them acquainted of their local culture and tradition besides the talent hunting.
He said that the festivals would not only attract the locals and visitors from across the country and abroad but it will also project the soft image of the country through media.
He added that this event would greatly help in promoting peace and harmony in the society and encourage youth to involve in healthy activities.
Faisal Amin Gandapur said cultural dance, tent pegging, horse and cattle shows, pets show, wrestling, gymnastics and other local sport would be part of this festival. He expressed the confidence that this mega national event would attract a large number of people as a number of famous artists would perform in this show.
He added that students from local schools, colleges and universities would also be encouraged to participate besides attracting lovers of sport, art and craft from various cities specially the neighboring districts of Lakki Marwat, Bhakar, Mianwali and Tank.
He said that there would be prize distribution ceremony on last day of the festival to distribute shields and awards among winners of various events.
