KHAIRPUR: The 6th date palm festival would be held on Aug 23 and 24 in Khairpur, Sukkur Commissioner Abbas Baloch announced on Thursday.

Presiding over a meeting in the Khairpur deputy commissioner’s office, the commissioner said the event, featuring a seminar, would be inaugurated by Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday and MNA Nafisa Shah would the chief guest at the concluding ceremony the next day.—Correspondent

Published in Dawn, August 22nd, 2014