Pakistan Philatelic Association: 2026

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

LAHORE PHILEX 2026 Stamps Exhibition, on 13 October 2026, at Lahore GPO

Finally, after 10 years, a magnificent national level exhibition was held in Lahore. It was organized in collaboration with Pakistan Post and Pakistan Philatelic Association. It was inaugurated by Director General Sqn.Ldr(R) Maqsod Ahmad.

The special guests invited by Pakistan Post included, Sqn.Ldr(R) Maqsod Ahmad (Director General Pakistan Post), Madam Iram Tariq(Postmaster General Punjab), Mr. Captain(R) Muhammad Ali Ijaz (Deputy Commissioner Lahore) and the President of Pakistan Philatelic Association Mr. Muhammad Jamil Bhatti.

The exhibition was inaugurated at its scheduled time of 10 am and the distinguished guests were given a tour of the exhibition, in which they showed great interest.

After this, the distinguished guest visited the stall of Philatelic Bureau. This year, Pakistan Post had a large number of Stamps, FDCs, Leaflets. In addition, Pakistan Post also had a huge stall of beautiful key-chains, paper weight, wall clock, ball point pens and water bottles for the occasion.

In addition, a stall was set up selling various items used by Pakistan Post, in which the special guest took great interest.

A special feature of this exhibition was that a drawing competition was held among school children, in which about 50 children participated. Director General Sqn.Ldr(R) Maqsod Ahmad announced that an attempt will be made to issue a stamp using the wining drawing as the design.