Alpine Club of Pakistan
The Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) is a non governmental sports organisation for the promotion of mountaineering, climbing and mountain related other 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]
Sport | Mountaineering and climbing |
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Abbreviation | ACP |
Founded | 1974 |
Affiliation | International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation, International Federation of Sport Climbing, |
Affiliation date | 1979 |
Headquarters | Islamabad |
Location | Jinnah Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex[1] |
President | Abu Zafar Sadiq [2] |
Secretary | Karrar Haidri |
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History
The club was founded in 1974 and its head office is at Jinnah Sports Stadium Islamabad. Since 1977 the Club has trained a large number of its members, armed Forces personals, 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[4]
See also
Presidents 1 [General (R)Qamar Ali Mirza] 2 Brig (R) Amir Gulistan Janjua 3 General (R) Safdar Butt 4 Col Manzoor Hussain 5 Nazir Sabir 6 Abu Zafar Sadiq
Secretaries
1 Shabbir Ahmed 2 Col. Manzoor Hussain 3 Saad Tariq Siddiqui 4 Wing Commander (R) Javed Iqbal 5 Abu Zafar Sadiq 6 Karrar Haidri