The Gilgit-Baltistan Tourism and Sports Department has announced that three-day Shandur Polo Festival will start from Friday.

The highest polo ground in the world will host the annual polo tournament to be organized with the collaboration of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government.

The teams of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral districts will participate in the festival. Preparations have been finalized to organize Shandur Polo festival.

Shandur Festival had been celebrated regularly since 1980 and had gained international fame attracting thousands of local and foreign tourists annually.