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MOUNTAINEERING RULES & REGULATIONS |
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| TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR GRANT OF PERMISSION TO MOUNTAINEERING EXPEDITION PARTIES IN PAKISTAN |
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Joint Expeditions Parties
a. Foreign-cum-Pakistani Party
- A party assuming the nature of a joint expedition, which would include Pakistanis as climbers, shall get a discount of 50% on the amount of royalty. In this case the number of Pakistani climbers shall not be less than half of the total number of foreign members in a party including its leader. In special cases the Tourism Division may relax the number of Pakistanis to one-third of foreigners.
- If, however, the said one-third number cannot be mustered then there shall be no collaboration between a Pakistani party and a foreign party.
- Particulars of Pakistani climbers, in five copies shall be obtained on Performa at Annex-I by a foreign party from any Pakistani Alpine Club which shall ensure that experienced climbers are nominated for the purpose on all Pakistani basis. These particulars shall be attached to an application form.
- Under these arrangements a leader shall be a foreigner while deputy leader shall be a Pakistani.
b. Pakistani-cum-Foreign Party:
- A Pakistani party which may include in its expedition foreign national as members, shall pay 50% of the royalty chargeable for a peak proposed to attempted. In this case the number of foreign climbers shall not exceed that of Pakistani climbers or be less than one-third of the total number of Pakistani. However, a party having a single foreigner will stand exempted from the operation of this para.
- Particulars of all foreign climber shall be obtained by a Pakistani party on Performa at Annexure-b and supplied in five copies along with an application form Annexure-a, to Tourism Division at least 4 months in advance of their arrival.
- Under these arrangements a leader shall be Pakistani while a deputy leader may be a foreigner.
- A foreign-cum-Pakistani or a Pakistani-cum-Foreign expedition party shall be accompanied by a L.O.
- A party consisting of Pakistani climbers only shall, however, be exempted from payment of royalty. It shall, however, deposit with Tourism Division particulars of all the members, including the leader on Performa at Annexure-I Pakistan expeditions need no L.O’s.
- Foreigners and Pakistanis climbing peaks under these arrangements shall be subject to relevant provisions of these Terms and Conditions wherever applicable.
- Only two joint expeditions will be allowed (on first cum-first served basis) every year which are to be recommended by a club registered with Pakistan sports Board/affiliated with the U.I.A.A
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