Royalty

48. Following are royalty rates for scaling peaks of various height in Pakistan:-

These rates are subject to periodic revision) Additional fee will be charged if the number of party is for more than one peak the additional number is to pay for the other peak also.

Note: Expeditions are required to deposit full amount of royalty with the nearest Embassy/Consulate/Tourism Division Government of Pakistan at the time of making an application for booking of a peak. The head of account for depositing the royalty is:-

“1391-Fees, Fines and Forfeitures” for accounting of the receipt relating to royalty/trekking fee realized from Mountaineering and Trekking.
49. An Embassy/Consulate shall forward to the Tourism Division a copy of the royalty receipt issued to the Expedition, amount of royalty, number and receipt issued may clearly be mentioned on the covering letter.
50. A party shall indicate in its application from its order of preference for attempting the peak. In case the preference of a party is for the allotment of lower peak and the party is allotted a higher peak out of its preference it shall deposit the balance of the royalty within two weeks of receipt of communication from Tourism Division. In case the balance amount is not deposited within the stipulated period the allotment shall automatically stand cancelled. The amount of royalty collection shall not be refunded to the party whose allotment has been cancelled.
51. In case the first preference of a part is for the allotment of a higher peak but it is allotted a lower peak out of its preference the balance of the royalty shall be refunded to it by the concerned Embassy/Consulate of Pakistan on receipt of a letter of authorization from the Tourism Division.
52. It shall be binding on a party to accept the allotment of a peak if it is one of those mentioned by it in its application form. In case of refusal to accept the allotment, the amount of royalty stand forfeited.
53. If a party indicates its order of preference within a list of peaks submitted by it and all those peaks have already been allotted to other parties. It shall be asked to identify more peaks. In case of its inability to do so the whole of its royalty shall be refused to it.
54. A foreign-cum-Pakistani party and a Pakistani-cum foreign party shall deposit the full amount of royalty the balance of the amount shall be refunded to it accordingly.

Note: A foreign expedition party shall be allowed to get Pakistani member only from Pakistani Mountaineering club registered with Tourism Division. Similarly such a Pakistani club shall be allowed to organize a Pakistani-cum-Foreign expedition if it is registered with the Tourism Division.