Shandur Polo Festival kicks off in Chitral

The three-day Shandur Polo Festival kicked off on Friday with a colourful opening ceremony held at the world's highest polo field with an altitude of 12,500 feet in Khyber-Pakhtunkwa’s Chitral district.

The paragliders and paratroopers received special tributes from the spectators at the inaugural ceremony jointly organised by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government and Frontier Corps North. On the first day of Shandur Polo Festival, three matches were played between different teams.

The three-day festival features polo matches as well as fireworks and campfires for the participants.

The festival couldn’t take place for a few years due to Covid-19-induced restrictions, but it is being held this year with the consent and mutual coordination of both K-P and G-B governments.