PESHAWAR: Fifty vehicles set off from Peshawar for the picturesque Hazara division on August 13. They are taking part in the Azadi March to celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day. The rally was inaugurated by KP ministers Atif Khan and Shahram Khan as it set off from the motorway interchange. Twenty mountain bikes joined the convoy at Hassanabdal.
Shahram Khan said that KP has many tourist attractions and the new government, led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, would try to develop as many as possible to increase the income generated from them.
“KP is an ideal location for tourism,” he said. “We want people from all over Pakistan and other countries to visit KP and enjoy its natural beauty.”
Atif Khan added that young people make up almost 60 percent of the country’s population, and so an important focus of the PTI-led provincial government would be youth affairs and tourism.
The participants in the rally, organized by the Frontier 4x4 Club and sponsored by the Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, spent the night in Mansehra district and were due to reach Haripur in time to celebrate Independence Day at a ceremony on August 14. TCKP general manager Sajjad Hameed said Mansehra was selected for the overnight stay to promote tourism in the picturesque area.
Babar Khan Yousafzai, president of the Frontier 4x4 Club, said that the vehicles in the rally are mostly from Peshawar and Abbottabad, while the mountain bikers are from the and Hikers group from Islamabad.
“The Frontier 4x4 Club and Bikers and Hikers have signed a memorandum of understanding and we jointly arrange such events,” added Yousafzai, who has finished first in the Gomal Zam rally in South Waziristan, the Sarfaranga Cold Desert Rally in Skardu and the Gwadar Rally.
Haripur Deputy Commissioner Zahid Pervez said that the Independence Day ceremony would include a number of events, including the arrival of the Azadi March, a football match, and a boxing competition at Chakai Park.
Azadi March convoy leaves Peshawar for Hazara
Azadi March convoy leaves Peshawar for Hazara
- 52 vehicles and 20 mountain bikes are participating in the event, will reach Haripur in time for the Independence Day ceremony on August 14
- KP government, wants to promote tourism, and generate more funds for the province by organising this Azadi march convoy
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Pakistan expresses solidarity with Switzerland as ski resort explosion kills 40, injures 100
- Explosion occurred at crowded bar in upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana during New Year’s Eve party
- Swiss authorities say they are still investigating the cause of the explosion, which appears to be an accident
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday expressed solidarity with Switzerland after an explosion at the bar of a ski resort in the country killed at least 40 people and injured 100.
The explosion occurred at a crowded bar during a New Year’s Eve party in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana on Wednesday night, Swiss authorities said. The fire broke out at 1.30 a.m. (0030 GMT) in a bar called “Le Constellation” in southwestern Switzerland.
Swiss authorities say they are still investigating the cause of the blast, saying it appears to be an accident.
“Deeply saddened to learn of the tragic fire incident at a ski resort in Switzerland on New Year night,” Sharif wrote on social media platform X.
“Our hearts go out to those who lost their lives and pray for the early recovery of the injured. We stand in solidarity with the Swiss Government and the people of Switzerland at this difficult time.”
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Frederic Gisler, the head of police of Valais canton, said patients had been dispatched to hospitals in Sion, Lausanne, Geneva and Zurich.
“Our count is about 100 injured, most seriously, and unfortunately tens of people are presumed dead,” he was quoted as saying by Reuters.
Meanwhile, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said fireworks may have caused the explosion.
“It seems to have been an accident caused by a fire, by some explosion, by some firecracker thrown during New Year’s celebrations,” he told Italy’s Sky TG24 tv channel.
