SAARC Rally passes Lahore, Pakistan after Chandigarh
After an overnight stay at the Union Territory of ChandigarhChandigarh, the first-ever SAARC Car Rally today began the Pakistan leg after crossing the Attari/Wagah border. The cross-over was smooth with immigration authorities of both countries facilitating the process.
Federal Minister of Tourism, Government of Pakistan, Ms. Nilofar Bakhtiar received the SAARC Car Rally at Wagah and the The Mayor of Lahore city, Mian Amir Mehmood was also present to welcome the rally participants. A large number of cheering school children along with a colourful cultural display rendered a festive look to the atmosphere. The rally cars were led to the city of Lahore in a procession. A special evening programme provided a flavour of the cultural facets of this part of Pakistan to the rallyists, and an opportunity to share views with the local media persons.
A total of 28 Tata Safari sports utility vehicles SUVs crossed the international border with great fanfare on both sides. Participants in the car rally, which started from Cox’s Bazaar in Bangladesh March 14, said they were overwhelmed by the response of the common people to the event. The rallyists come from all seven member-countries of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation of SAARC.
Earlier, in the morning, the Rally was flagged off from Chandigarh, also known as the City Beautiful, by H. E. the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Union Territory of Chandigarh, Shri S F S Rodrigues. For the Rally participants of other SAARC countries, it was their first visit to the city, and they were impressed by its unique architecture and greenery.Chandigarh is the hometown of one of the participants and former national car rally champions, Hari Singh.
On day 13 the rally had resumed journey from Ramnagar, Uttarakhand and reached Chandigarh. The Government of Uttarakhand organized a lunch halt, after which, the rally was flagged by the Additional Chief Secretary of Govt. of Uttarakhand.
Tomorrow, the Rally will head for Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.
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Published on Wednesday, Mar 28th, 2007 at 8:27 am under categories : RallyTags :
A nice way to keep up the friendship between countries like India, Pakistan etc.
Comment by Aseem March 31st, 2007 at 12:44 pmdear sir
i was really waitting to wach the new comming car of tata. our family planed to take the car as soon as lonches.plz send me the pictures of the car.
thank u.
Comment by sohaib August 19th, 2007 at 6:10 pmCan any one guide or suggest me how can i join this rally…
Comment by Hardik October 1st, 2007 at 1:17 pm