Category: Travel Pakistan
Talk about influencing – PM Khan just shared country’s first ski resort pics in Deosai for his local and international followers
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday shared awe-inspiring pictures of the Deosai ski traverse and announced that the incumbent PTI government is working to promote winter tourism in Pakistan. The premier while taking it to micro-blogging site Twitter captioned “Exploring winter tourism and ski resorts feasibility, Deosai plains first-ever winter ski traverse. Exploring winter tourism and ski resorts feasibility,
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