Founder of the Pakistan Mountain Festival and Executive Director of the Devcom-Pakistan Munir Ahmed on Sunday informed that 10-day long 13th edition of Pakistan Mountain Festival was being held on Dec 2.
The festival is being held to mark the International Mountain Day with the Margalla Hills Trail-3 hiking, cleanup, and mountain biodiversity talk on December 2.
It would be followed by a live painting competition on the theme “Mountain Ecosystem” at the Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) Rawalpindi on December 4. Other events will include exhibition of paintings, Pakistan Mountain Youth Forum, screening of documentaries, and mountain products and cultural showcasing.
Munir Ahmed said, “The festival will conclude with a grand combo of events including a conference on mountain conservation, sustainable tourism and cultural Heritage in the Changing Climate. Other attractions of the grand event will be mountain food stalls, handicrafts, folklore, cultural and musical performances by the troupes from Gilgit, Baltistan, Hunza, Chitral, and Swat.”
Munir was of the opinion that as many as 20 best professionals will be given away 4th Pakistan Mountains Pride Awards (PAMPA) while some will receive Friends of Mountains Awards (FOMA). National Rural Support Programme (NRSP) and Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) have consented to support the grand ceremony of awards. The Pakistan Mountains Pride Awards (PAMPA) are dedicated to the five living legends in their fields and given to the best professionals that have devoted their lives for the mountains and its natives.
The Pakistan Mountains Pride Awards include one Agostino Da Polenza Mountain Conservation Award, four Shoaib Sultan Khan Mountain Community Development Awards, two NazirSabir Mountaineering Awards, one Ashraf Aman Sustainable Mountain Tourism Award, twoUstad Jan Ali Mountain Music Awards.
