PESHAWAR:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority successfully on Wednesday wrapped up the cultural musical night, part of the four-day conference on peace and sports, for the foreign delegates participating in the event.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Department, Bank of Khyber, AIPS Asia, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Writers Association jointly organized a four-day “International Peace and Sports Conference” from October 30 to November 2 at Peshawar.
Director General KPCTA Bakhtiar Khan, Asian Sports Journalists Federation President Hee Din Jung from Korea, Niranjan from Nepal, Awad Bin Mubarak from Saudi Arabia, Ramakrihnan Karuppaih from Sri Lanka, Izahar Atan from Malaysia, Eldar Ismayilov from Azerbaijan, Emmanuel Fantanean from Hungary, Anna Szilagyi from Hungary, Nargiz Mahmudzade from Europe, and delegates from Afghanistan and other countries attended the event.
While addressing the conference, Bakhtiar Khan said, “We are taking adequate steps for the promotion of tourism and culture in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”.
He said, “For providing facilities to tourists, the tourism authority is implementing several new projects for the promotion of tourism in the province including the settlement of new tourist spots.”
Several initiatives had been taken, such as integrated tourism zones, camping pods, tourism police, tourist rest areas, resorts, jeep tracks, and many others, he added.
Eleven delegates from ten countries, young sports journalists from across the country, and other participants joined the four-day symposium.
The audience was entertained by the traditional music of rubab and the cultural performance of Shahid Malang and Sahrish Khan.