GWADAR: The three-day Gwadar Youth Festival has attracted a large number of youngsters of both genders to participate in sports and various healthy competitions organized under the gala to engage the young folk in positive activities.
The festival was inaugurated by Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) and Adviser to Balochistan Chief Minister on Public Health Engineering Lala Rasheed Dashti on March 5 at Baba Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo Football Stadium Gwadar.
The festival was organized by Balochistan Sports Department with the help and support from the local government where a large number of schools participated and installed their stalls including a stall set up by 30 FF Battalion, said an official statement.
The festival offered a variety of activities to partake including a beautiful display of fireworks, a singing contest of Balochi and Urdu songs, tableau presented by school children whereas souvenirs were given to Secretary Sports, Commissioner Makran, Deputy Commissioner Gwadar, and to MPA Lala Rashid. Moreover, Balochi Chap (Cultural Dance) was performed by students of Army Public School.
Around 3000 male and female participants attended the event for two consecutive days of the festival which would continue till 7th March where the security was provided by local police. -Agencies
