Festival was arranged on the special instructions of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, adding that such events would be organized in other merged every year with more different and attractive programmes including paragliding
\nPeshawar
\nSecretary Department of Tourism, Culture, Sports, Archeology, Museum and Youth Affairs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Tahir Orkazai has said that pragmatic steps are being taken for the development of infrastructure and promotion of tourism in the merged districts (MDs).
\nAddressing \u201cTour the Orakzai Festival\u201d Ghailjo Sports complex in connection with 75th Independence day diamond jubilee celebration of Pakistan as a chief guest, he said that multiple events and programs have been planned to promote the soft image of the province as well as the merged districts across the globe.
\nGOC Kohat Major General Akif Iqbal, Member Provincial Assembly Ghazan Jamal, Project Director Tourism Authority of merged districts Ishtiaq Khan, Deputy Commissioner Orkazai, President of Frontier 4×4 Club Babar Khan Yousafzai, Syed Azhar Ali Shah of Cycle Federation, President of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cycling Association Nisar Ahmed and other important personalities were present on the occasion.
\nThe festival organized 4×4 frontier jeep carriages, cycle races and motorbike rallies while music performances and cultural dances were also part of the event.
\nSecretary Tourism Muhammad Tahir said that such events would attract more foreign tourists to the Orakzai district.
\nHe said the festival was arranged on the special instructions of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, adding that such events would be organized in other merged districts every year with more different and attractive programmes including paragliding.
\nHe said that Orakzai district would be declared as the cycling destination of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
\nA large number of participants from different areas including Peshawar, Kohat, Kurram, Hangu and Khyber participated in the festival. In the frontier 4×4 jeep race, Babar Khan Yousafzai won the first position while Khizr Hayat and Nadeem Akhtar Bhatti clinched the second and third position respectively.
\nDistrict Education Office Male Orakzai arranged enrollment rally led by Deputy DEO Zahid Wazir at GHS Anjani. Head Masters, Teachers and Students of GHS Khawa Stori Khel, GMS Shiraz Garri and Cluster Primary Schools participated in the rally. General Councilors, Youth, Maliks and Ulema of locality also joined the enrollment drive.
\nThe main objectives of the rally were to increase enrollment, to decrease dropout, to sensitize the community on importance of education and to give the message of peace through education. Ten students including male and female were enrolled by DDEO Zahid Wazir on the spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Festival was arranged on the special instructions of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, adding that such events would be organized in other merged every year with more different and attractive programmes including paragliding Peshawar Secretary Department of Tourism, Culture, Sports, Archeology, Museum and Youth Affairs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Tahir Orkazai has said that pragmatic steps are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-277527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n