Peshawar: Flower show held in Gor Gahtree

Peshawar got an edge of holding variety of activities in the recent past only to portray the actual face of the people leaving in this oldest living City on the earth. Peshawar once famous for its black roses in the World and known as City of flowers but gone are days when the roadside have green belts because of the negligence on one part or the other. To highlight the softer image of the City there are varieties of program only to portray the real picture of the people living in this historical City. Flowers are reflection of our aesthetic sense and attitude and depicting the real picture, the Tourism Corporation has organized an event by the name of " The World is my Oyster", a flower display held with the cooperation of Floral Art Society and Horticulture Society of Pakistan at Tehsil Gor Ghatree Peshawar for women. The flower show was opened to general public at 3.00 p.m and they were there till the evening. There were infinite varieties of flowers put on display and were nicely decorated keeping international standards. Respected wives of businessmen, intellectuals, industrialists, armed forces personals, politicians and democrats and above all people from different walk of life graced the occasion. Fragrance of flowers made the environment magical for those who turn-up even from far flung area. Provincial Minister for Sports, Tourism, Archaeology and Museum Sayd Aqil Shah and Provincial Secretary Sayed Jamaludin Shah described their respective feelings while talking to the general public. The historical city of Peshawar has witnessed beautiful seasons and eras. Organizers have done a great job for beautiful decorating the flowers, Jan Ali, visitor said on this occasion. The people also lauded the efforts of the government for organizing varieties of program in making the citizens happy and healthy as they can enjoy the environment. "Such programmes convey to the world that we love flowers and are very peaceful rather terrorists," Amina, a mother of two, told APP during her round to different stalls decorated with handsome of flowers. "It shows that we are a living nation and we can prove through such activities that we are peaceful, loving and want to keep our country green and environmental friendly for the future generation," Lubna, a doctor to be, told this scribe.