Prince William, Kate Middleton to reach Lahore today

Governor Punjab and Chief Minister Punjab will welcome the royal couple on their arrival in Lahore.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, will reach Lahore today (Thursday), dunya News reported.

Governor Punjab Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar and Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar will welcome the royal couple on their arrival at the Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore.

Prince William and Kate Middleton will hold separate meetings with Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar and CM Buzdar during their day-long visit to Lahore.

The royal couple is also scheduled to visit SOS Village. They will also attend a ceremony to be held at the National Cricket Academy during their stay at the provincial capital.

Prince William and Kate Middleton will also visit the historic Badshahi Mosque which was built by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir in 1673. The royal couple is also scheduled to visit Shaukat Khanum Hospital.

On Wednesday, Prince William and his wife Kate flew near the Afghan border to visit a remote Hindu Kush glacier, after a morning spent trying on feathered traditional caps and luxurious shawls in Pakistan s mountainous north.

The British royals travelled by helicopter to a glacier in Broghil Valley National Park to see the effects of climate change in one of the most glaciated areas of the world.

Residents of the region have been sounding the alarm over its melting glaciers, which caused devastating floods in 2015 that left thousands of families camping in the open just as another cold winter approached.

The Duke of Cambridge called the glacial melt an "impending catastrophe" in a speech delivered at a glittering reception in Islamabad late Tuesday.

The couple met with environmental experts to discuss the melting before going on to spend their afternoon with the Kalash.

The verdant, plunging valleys of the northern Chitral district have long attracted tourists for their natural beauty and their brush with legend as the home of the Kalash, who claim ancestry from Alexander the Great.

Activists have campaigned to preserve the traditions of the diminishing tribe, now estimated to number around only 3,000 people, making them Pakistan s smallest religious minority.

Earlier, during a refuelling stop on the way to the glacier, the Duke and Duchess tried on a Chitrali cap given a touch of luxury with a peacock feather, which local media said was a gift to them from residents.

The flat, woollen hats, also known as "pakols", are popular in northern Pakistan and throughout Afghanistan, though feather decorations are usually reserved for special occasions.

They also tried on chapans, long bulky embroidered coats popular in Central Asia; as well as a lush woolen shawl for Kate.