Chitral Festival Cancelled due to security risk.
CHITRAL: A 4 days long Jishni Chitral cancelled due to security risk. According to detail a high level meeting was held here under the chair of District Nazim Chitral Haji Maghfirat Shah at his office. District Coordination Office Chitral Mutasim Billah and elites and leaders of different political and religious parties also attended the meeting. During the meeting it was discussed that either annual Chitral festival should to celebrate or not. President District Bar Association Chitral Khurshid Hussain Mughul advocate, Member Provincial Assembly PF-90 Haju Ghulam Muhammad and President District Polo Association and Tehsil Nazim Mastuj Shahzada Sikandarul Mulk favored and proposed that Jishni Chitral should to be celebrate because this is only way to boost our culture and tourism which can play vital role in improving of our economy. But it was opposed by district Ameer Jamat-e-Islami (former MPA) Maulana Ghulam Muhammad, former Ameer Jamat Islami Chitral Maulana Sher Aziz, Israru Din Alhilal, Muhammad Hakeem Advocate General Secretary of PPP Chitral, Syed Muzaffar Jan president ANP Chitral, Saeed Khan former MPA and other. They said that on one hand there is military operation in the country where dead bodies of Chitrali cops are shifting to Chitral and on the other hand if we celebrate this festival it is totally against of our culture and tradition.
They also expressed fear that any militant ,miscreants, criminal or terrorist might be enter in Chitral in pretext of this festival. As well as security situation of our province is not favor. They unanimously opposed this festival and proposed for its cancellation. Talking to this scribe an officer of district government on the condition of anonymity disclosed that for this purpose an other meeting will be held between provincial government and district Nazim of Chitral and it will be decided after proper negotiation that either this festival should to celebrate or not?. Hence Ameer Jamati Islami Chitral chapter and former MPA Chitral Maulana Ghulam Muhammad straightforwardly opposed of this festival. Talking to this correspondent he said that we welcome any Minister or high official to Chitral and want to donate but we never allow to celebrate any festival in present situation while on one hand innocent people are killing and there is acute tense situation in our province. It is worth to mention here that Jishni Chitral had once postponed and cancelled in MMA government but it was celebrated on the intervene of federal government and tourism promotion agencies. Colorful programs and different games are playing during this four-day long festival every year that is enthralled thousands of participants of the district and outside of the district.
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