Malam Jabba

Malam Jabba (also Maalam Jabba, Urdu: مالم جبہ) is a Hill Station and ski resort in the Hindu Kush mountain range nearly 40 km from Saidu Sharif in Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. It is 314 km from Islamabad and 51 km from Saidu Sharif Airport.[1]

Malam Jabba
Malam Jabba, Swat Valley
CountryPakistan
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictSwat District

Description
Ski Slope in Malam Jabba, Swat Valley

Malam Jabba is home to one of the two ski resorts in Pakistan; the other is at Naltar, Gilgit Baltistan.[2][3]On the main Madyan-Kalam road, the road turns to the right at Manglor town (12 km from Saidu Sahrif), for the Malam-Jabba Dara which has a series of small villages and settlements like Salanda, Jehanabad, Talegraam, Badar, Ser, Malam, Kishora, Spine Oba, and finally Jabba. Malam is a small village which comes prior to Kishora village on the main Malam-Jabba road. Malam is nearly 17 km from Manglor while Kishora is at 18 km distance. Jabba (12 km from Kishora) is the upper most part of the whole Dara (gorge). The Malam Jabba Ski Resort, owned by the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation, had a ski slope of about 800m with the highest point of the slope 2804 m (9200 ft) above sea level. Malam Jabba Ski Resort was the joint effort of the Pakistan with its Austrian counterpart. The resort was equipped with modern facilities including roller/ice-skating rinks, chair lifts, skiing platforms, telephones and snow clearing equipment.

2008 Taliban attack

The resort was destroyed by Taliban militants in June 2008 during the War in North-West Pakistan when they held Swat Valley. A large portion of the resort was reduced to ashes, including the hotel, several houses and the chairlift.[4]

2016 reconstruction and reopening

After government restored control in the area, the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa awarded the rebuilding to a private company, which restored the hotel, the ski resort and other facilities. A five star hotel with 76 rooms was opened by Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts in 2020.[5] A new 800 meter long ski chairlift was inaugurated in September 2016.[6]

See also

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20060512024923/http://www.tourism.gov.pk/malam_jabba.asp Tourism.gov.pk - Malam Jabba
  2. "Pakistan hosts ski tournament in former Taliban area". BBC. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  3. "Spring, Pakistan Zindabad Festival begins tomorrow". www.thenews.com.pk.
  4. "Pakistani Taliban torch ski resort". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  5. "Rising from the ashes: Skiing returns to Malam Jabba amid uphill challenges". The Express Tribune. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  6. "Pakistan Just Reopened Ski Area Destroyed By Taliban". Pakistan Forward. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

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