QUETTA: Secretary, Sports and Youth Affairs Department, Muhammad Ishaque Jamali, announced on Thursday that Kalat Youth Festival would be held in district Kalat of Balochistan province on July 16-17, 2022 on the pattern Sibbi Division Youth Festival arranged in Ziarat.

According to a statement, appreciating the youth of Sibbi for enthusiastically participating in three-day Sibbi Division Youth Festival conducted from June 9-11, 2022 in Ziarat city, he hoped that youth of Kalat division would play a similar active role to make Kalat Division Sports Festival a success.

Urging the youth of Kalat division, including Kalat, Awaran, Mastung and Khuzdar, to take an active part in the events of Kalat division youth festival, he said that the government of Balochistan would arrange similar events in order to divert the attention of youth towards extra curriculum and healthy activities, adding that seminar, debate competition, science exhibition and musical night would be included in Kalat Youth Festival.