World Performing Art Festival show concluded in Lahore

LAHORE: The twenty-fifth World Performing Arts Festival, organized by Rafi Peer Theatre, has come to conclusion, which remained continued for 11 consecutive days here in Lahore on early Monday. After three low intensity crackers� blasts at the gate of Punjab language building where the festival was being held, the organizers of world performing arts Sunday said they will not be threatened by blasts and keep arranging such festivals in future too. Addressing a press conference here at Al-Hamra Cultural Complex, the chief organizer of the festival Faizan Peerzada termed the Saturday night�s blasts as cowardly acts and that these cannot threaten the organizers and participants of the festival. He pointed out that artists from 25 countries who are participating in the festival are still in high spirits, adding there presence here today is self-speaking proof of that. The CEO of Rafi Peer Theatre, Usman Pirzada on the occasion said there was fool-proof security in Al-Hamra Cultural Complex but the administrators of Punjabi Cultural Complex had to open its door because of a programme which gave opportunity to the terrorists to carry out their activities. The foreign artists present on the occasion said they received great respect and love in Lahore and that they will come back next year to participate in the festival.