LAHORE: Senior provincial Minister Mian Aslam Iqbal has said that Punjab’s biggest winter family festival is on the card and to be held in Jilani Park after 15 years where the opening ceremony is to be held on Thursday.
The festival will continue for a month while children, women, and a large number of citizens will enjoy the event comprising the best food courts and restaurants having the traditional cuisine of Lahore.
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday the minister said that around twenty thousand people would participate in the festival on daily bases whereas the number of participants may increase to one lakh on weekends.
The senior minister further added that security and other arrangements had been completed and it would be the best event in the history of the province.
Aslam Iqbal said that steps were being taken to beautify the entrance and exit points of Lahore.
Shahdara-Babusabu interchange
The work on improving Shahdara-Babusabu interchange, and Gajumata entrances was in full swing, while the underpass is designed to improve the flow of traffic on the Gulshan Ravi Bund Road. The minister went on to say.
Responding to a question, the senior minister said that instructions had been issued to regularize gardeners and the PHA had been ordered to take other related steps.
He added that an inquiry was in process regarding irregularities in revenue matters of the PHA and steps were being taken to increase its revenue.
Commissioner Lahore Muhammad Amir Jan, CCPO Ghulam Mahmood Dogar and DG PHA Zeeshan Javed were also present on the occasion. – APP
