You can now travel to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan as permitted by the NCOC and the governments of the two provinces. The travel will be unrestricted and you can visit all tourist spots, said the Tourism Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan Raja Nasir Ali Khan. The road to the Babusar Top will be cleared by May 29. People can choose to fly there if flights start to operate. It is possible that the new airlines licensed to fly to Gilgit from major cities in Pakistan will start in June. International tourists can visit once international flights commence in Skardu Airport. Tourists are encouraged to carry their coronavirus negative test results. There will, however, be no consequen.
Singer Ali Azmat performs at a concert on the last day of the Islamabad Tourism Festival on Sunday. The other picture shows a pilot landing his trike hang glider in F-9 Park earlier in the day. Photos by Mohammad Asim
ISLAMABAD: While the three-day Islamabad Tourism Festival (ITF21) has been a fun family event which saw an eruption of music and adventure sports in the capital, recreational activities like horse dancing, tent pegging and remote-controlled flying marked the last day of the event.
Activities like paragliding, vintage car shows, live music, food festivals, accuracy landing and wingsuit flying were regular features on all three days of the festival that started on March 5 and continued till March 7.