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\"PortraitOn July 11th<\/sup> we got the opportunity to attend the annual Salgira Festival in Passu. We were welcomed by community and scout leaders to the festival.<\/p>\n

There was a number of speeches, religious readings and singing by local school children\/scouts and community leaders.<\/p>\n

We met some local members of the KADO board .<\/p>\n

We adjourned to Imran\u2019s parents house for lunch and had an interesting meeting with Imran\u2019s brother Nawab who is a past chairman of KADO and currently works with the Aga Khan Foundation. We were joined by a number of community leaders and educators. We also met Imran\u2019s mother, uncle, sister, Nawab\u2019s wife and children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On July 11th we got the opportunity to attend the annual Salgira Festival in Passu. We were welcomed by community and scout leaders to the festival. 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