CHITRAL, Sept 17: A meeting held here on Wednesday decided to cancel Jashn-i-Chitral, scheduled to commence from Oct 12, due to the tense situation in the neighbouring districts.

District Nazim Maghfirat Shah told Dawn that the meeting presided over by him and attended by local heads of different political parties had unanimously decided that it was not appropriate time to make jubilations in the district when the situation in the neighbouring districts was going from bad to worse.

The provincial department of tourism had decided to hold the fair to attract tourists to the area and the chief minister was to participate in the concluding ceremony. The nazim said he would inform the provincial government about the meeting decision and ask for formal cancellation of the event.

He said the visit of the chief minister to the district would take place as per schedule and all political parties had agreed to give him a warm welcome. He said the chief minister had accepted a request of the district government for visiting different areas of the district to apprise himself about problems faced by their residents. —Correspondent