MUZAFFARABAD: The second Ganga Choti winter sports competition will begin in the snow-capped meadows of Azad and Jammu Kashmir’s Bagh district on Thursday with teams from the region, rest of Pakistan and Afghanistan among the participants, an organiser said.

The three-day event is being held under the aegis of AJK Winter Sports Association in collaboration with the AJK government’s department of sports and tourism and a private company, said Engr Raja Aqeel Khurshid, the secretary general of the association.

Mr Khurshid told Dawn that on the first two days of the gala, alpine skiing, snow-boarding and ice-skating competitions would be held between 11am and 3pm. According to Khurshid, six teams of boys and three teams of girls will be participating in the event.

Published in Dawn, February 10th, 2022

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