Alpine Club of Pakistan
الپائن کلب آف پاکستان | |
Sport | Mountaineering and climbing |
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Jurisdiction | National |
Abbreviation | ACP |
Founded | 1974 |
Affiliation | International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation International Federation of Sport Climbing |
Affiliation date | 1979 |
Regional affiliation | Union of Asian Alpine Associations |
Headquarters | Islamabad |
Location | Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex[1] |
President | Abu Zafar Sadiq [2] |
Secretary | Karrar Haidri |
Official website | |
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The Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) is a non governmental sports organisation for the promotion of mountaineering, climbing and other mountain-related adventure activities in Pakistan. In addition to this, the club serves as the national sports governing body for the sport of mountaineering and climbing in Pakistan.[3]
History
The club was founded in 1974, and has its head office at the Jinnah Sports Stadium in Islamabad. Since 1977, the Club has trained a large number of its members, armed forces personnel, locals, liaisons and ladies in rock and ice climbing, mountaineering, and other mountain tourism related activities at its training institute at Nilt in Gilgit Baltistan.[4]
Affiliations
The club is affiliated with:
- International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation[5]
- International Federation of Sport Climbing[6]
- Union of Asian Alpine Associations[7]
- Pakistan Sports Board[8]
Presidents
No. | Name | Start year | End year | Notes | Ref. |
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1 | Lt Gen Ghulam Jilani Khan | 1974 | 1976 | Founding member | [9][10] |
2 | Major General (R) Qamar Ali Mirza | 1976 | 1993 | Founding member
Ex-chairman POF Wah | |
3 | Lt General (R) Safdar Butt | 1993 | 1994 | Founding member
Ex-chairman WAPDA | |
4 | Brig (R) Amir Gulistan Janjua | 1994 | 2004 | Ex-governor NWFP and former Ambassador to Nepal, UAE, and Saudi Arabia | |
5 | Nazir Sabir | 2004 | 2010 | First Pakistani mountaineer to summit Mount Everest | [11] |
6 | Lt Col (R) Manzoor Hussain | 2010 | 2017 | Organised and co-led the Pak-Japanese Services Expedition which made the first international ascent of Passu Peak in Hunza in 1978
Served in the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers and worked on the construction of Karakoram Highway and Skardu Road |
[12][13] |
7 | Abu Zafar Sadiq | 2017 | Present | [14] |
Secretaries
No. | Name | Start year | End year |
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1 | Lt General (R) Safdar Butt | 1974 | 1978 |
2 | Brig Imtiaz Azim | 1978 | 1983 |
Shabbir Ahmed (assistant secretary) | 1978 | 1995 | |
3 | Khadim Hussain | 1983 | 1985 |
4 | Brig Ahsan Yusuf | 1986 | 1987 |
5 | Brig Khalid Majid | 1987 | 1988 |
6 | Brig Mohammad Yousuf | 1989 | 1992 |
7 | Lt Col (R) Manzoor Hussain | 1993 | 2004 |
8 | Saad Tariq Siddiqii | 2004 | 2008 |
9 | Wing Commander (R) Javed Iqbal | 2008 | 2010 |
5 | Abu Zafar Sadiq | 2010 | 2017 |
6 | Karrar Haidri | 2018 | Present |
References
- ^ Pakistan Sports Board
- ^ [1]
- ^ "About Us – Alpine Club". Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ Braham, Trevor (2019-09-11). "Himalaya-Chronik 1985". Schweizer Alpen-Club SAC (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "UIAA | Member Associations Directory UIAA". UIAA. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ^ "Members Federations". Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ "UAAA - UNION OF ASIAN ALPINE ASSOCIATIONS". theuaaa.org (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ^ "Pakistan Sports Board, Islamabad". www.sports.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ^ "Past Officials – Alpine Club". Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "Founding Members – Alpine Club". Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "NAZIR SABIR RE-ELECTED AS PRESIDENT ALPINE CLUB OF PAKISTAN". www.everestnews.com. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "Change of guards at Alpine Club of Pakistan". PAMIR TIMES. 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "Profile Lt Col Manzoor Hussain (Retd) President, Alpine Club of Pakistan". www.everestnews.com. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "Mountaineering activities resume as restrictions ease". The Express Tribune. 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2022-02-03.