Pakistan Festival '07

For around six hours today, Trafalgar Square was taken over by the Pakistan High Commission in order to celebrate sixty years of independence. Although I wasn't there for the whole thing, I managed to catch a good few hours in the middle of it all.

The main stage offered music and dance, including a pretty impressive line up consisting of Jawad Ahmed, Hadiqa Kiyani, Abrar Ul-Haq and Zafar Ali strutting their stuff, while a bunch of food and information stalls were littered about the place too.

We got there for around 4:30pm, hoping to catch a bit of the vibe of the event before heading off to dinner. The place was rammed - the organisers had clearly underestimated the numbers who were going to turn up, having to pause proceedings to deal with the crowd levels.

Still, it seemed like everyone was having a good time and I was glad to be there. The High Commission for Pakistan is able to put on a blummin' good show after all; who knew?