Punjab Youth Festival 2012– Another Mega-Event in Lahore

Lahore has always been the hub of cultural and recreational activities and for this reason Lahorites are renowned for their fun-loving nature. They welcome such events and festivals with open heart and that is the reason why Government of Punjab has decided to celebrate the world’s biggest festival in which thousands of students, common people and volunteers are going to take part. The event has been organized in order to enhance and recognize the ability in the youth for their and Pakistan’s future.

The event is going to be held in August after Ramadan and already the Lahori and Punjabi youth is showing keen interest in this mega-event as according to the Director General Sports Board Punjab has said in an official statement that the website has reached 100,000 visits daily. The website has also welcomed suggestions which have multiplied the response on their page. This shows the keen interest of Punjab youth in the sports and recreational activities.

The event will include participants from all parts of Punjab from the Union Council level to the provincial level. Students from schools, colleges and universities will take part in the event and the events range from educational to sports and from cooking to the arts of painting and from debates to pet events, this youth festival contains a wide range of events and events have been categorized according to the class of people who are interested towards them. For example the art of family dressing has been put into General Public Team events category while arm wrestling etc has been put into Sports sector General Public category.

All the events will start from Sports council levels which have been recently instated in all the union councils of Punjab and then the successful candidates will be elevated to the next level and through Union council, Village/area, Tehsil, District, Division levels they will finally reach the provincial level.

The organizers have also announced that Guinness officials will also be present during the event and the interested people can get themselves registered if they feel that they are able to make it to the Guinness World Records in any field.

This event will help a lot to attract the world attention towards Lahore and with the entire infrastructure that is being developed in Lahore and such events, the global investor is already eyeing at Punjab and the latest Metro Bus Service that is being invested in by Turkey is a proof of investors’ interest in Lahore. This has already given boost to the Lahore real estate as property prices are going higher and higher in the city and prospects are excellent that this business will further flourish in the provincial capital.

Government has also planned to hold the Punjab National Games and then Punjab International games in Lahore after this event which is a big step towards propping up of as well as Lahore’s as well as Pakistan’s image in the world.