KHAIRPUR: The annual Khajoor Festival is being held by the district administration of Khairpur on Aug 24 and 25 at Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Open Air Theatre Khairpur and Sachal Auditorium Hall, Khairpur.

As per schedule, the festival will be inaugurated by former Sindh CM Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday (today) morning. He will visit stalls set up by growers, government departments, banks and NGOs.

Later, a seminar will be held where Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Nafisa Shah will be the chief guest.

Sindh Minister Manzoor Hussain Wassan will be chief guest at the concluding ceremony to be held on Sunday.

Published in Dawn, August 24th, 2019

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