More efforts are needed to promote cultural activities in Bahawalpur to make it a centre for tourism, said Bahawalpur Commissioner Captain (r) Javed Akbar on Tuesday.
“Bahawalpur is the city of poets and saints. It is a city with a distinct culture. The culture of this area is different from any other and can play an important role in making Bahawalpur a prime tourist destination,” Akbar, who had recently been deputed to the district, told The Express Tribune.
The commissioner said that establishment of a separate authority to manage and oversee the affairs of the Lal Suhanra National Park was being actively considered. “This will make Lal Suhanra a safari park of international standing,” he said.
He said a lot of work was needed to develop the Bahawalpur district. “Any manner of corruption by government functionaries cannot and will not be tolerated,” he added. The commissioner said all possible steps would also be taken to eliminate corruption from government departments. He said support of the people would be instrumental in rooting out corruption in government departments.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 25th, 2014.
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@Honda: You are welcome, my pleasure, thanks a lot.
@N.Sid: Thank you so much for your good advice. Your warm advice and recommended link encourage me to plan to trip to Pakistan again! Actually, I tripped to Lahore and Multan once for 10 days in Jan.2013. I fell in love with Pakistan and Pakistani people. I wish that the day could come to trip to Peshawar some day.
"“Bahawalpur is the city of poets and saints"
Saint Mashood Azhar of Bahawalpur fame ?
@Honda: You can skip Peshawar and travel to Bahawalpur and Lahore and can add any new destination, like Taxila( near Islamabad with Buddhist remains) or Multan( with Sufi Saints tombs and heritage sites). If you are a nature lover you can add northern areas in your itinerary, It is quite safe here in rest of the Pakistan apart from tribal area. Western media projects exaggerated reports about situation in Pakistan. 190 million people live here in the country. If this was not safe there would have been a mass migration as going on in Syria and earlier in Afghanistan.
here is a helpful link.
https://www.facebook.com/VoicePakistan/photos_stream
I wish I could travel in BAHAWALPUR. But more and more dangerous It is for foreigers to trip to Pakistan these days unfortunately. Actually, I planed to trip to Peshawar,Bahawalpul and Lahore in this winter. I have no choice to give up.