BOONI: The winter sports festival 2023 organized by the district administration of Upper Chitral concluded at Qaqlasht near Booni after six days.
Teams from different parts of Chitral as well as Gilgit-Baltsitan took part in different games such as ice hockey, skating and paragliding, during the festival. The teams from GB had an upper hand in the ice hockey.
At the concluding ceremony, district administration officials distributed trophies and awards among the players.
A musical program planned for the concluding function was cancelled due to the bomb blast at a mosque in Police Lines Peshawar that claimed over 100 lives three days ago.–GH Farooqui