Chinar Sports Festival, to promote ingenious and traditional sport and culture events began on Thursday at Kunj Football Complex ground under the aegis of Regional Sports Officer and District Administration Abbottabad.
The inaugural ceremony was held at historical Kunj Football Complex Abbottabad with Speaker Provincial Assembly Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani was the chief guest and formally inaugurated the colorful festival to be continued for three days across Abbottabad District.
The Chinar Festival was organized for the first time under the auspices of the District Administration and Regional Sports Office. The festival carries events like Tug-of-war, Kabaddi, Javelin throwing, archery, stone lifting and Gutkha competitions, dog rabbit race, marathon race and cycling including concert music, food, various stalls, display of handicrafts, Hindko and Pashto poetry.
Speaking on the occasion, Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani said that these regional competitions is commendable to name this as Chinar Festival because Abbottabad is called the City of Poplar (Chinaroon Ka Shehar) and there are stories of our love for the Chinar trees. He said that these games have been played by our elders.
He said that according to the vision of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, special attention is being paid to sports.
On the arrival of spring, a tree-planting campaign was launched in which poplar (Chinar) plants are being given priority.
