1.                    A foreign mountaineering expedition desirous of climbing of peak in Pakistan shall apply on the application form (Annexure - A) with one extra copy in the nearest Embassy / Consulate of Pakistan. A copy with a photocopy of royalty receipt should be sent directly to the Tourism Division F-7/1, Islamabad, Pakistan.

 

2.                    Application form for allotment of peaks should be accepted by a Pakistani Embassy / Consulate during the period of 1^ST January to 31^ST December of a year proceeding the year in which an expedition is planned.  

 

3.                    Such application would then be sent by the said Embassy / Consulate immediately to the Tourism Division where they would be processed on "First - come- served basis".

 

4.                    Incomplete application form or such form as are received either before or after the stipulate dates may not be entertainment.

 

5.                    If a party is not sure of the composition of the team, it shall apply stating the fact and without attaching particulars of members with the application form. In such cases peaks will be provisionally booked. A formal permission letter shall issue only after particulars at Annexure - B are received in Tourism Division at least three months in advance of arrival of the party in Pakistan. If particulars of the new members are not received within stipulated period and party arrives in Pakistan, it may delay their departure to the mountains till the clearance of new member is obtained in about a week. Under this receipt of formal permission letter. No mountaineer would be a member of more than one expedition during a season.

 

6.                    A party shall indicate in order of preference, at least 3-4 peaks so that available peaks could be allotted. A party shall be given permission for more than one 8000 meter peaks with the special permission by the Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 

7.                    Tourism Division shall endeavor to send the mountaineering permit to a party within 60 days of receipt of application form in Tourism Division. Depending on the availability of the peak for the choice period, Tourism Division will send provisional booking of the peak upon receipt of the completed application.

 

8.                    Government reserves the right to allot a particular peak through any rout to more than one party in the same season.

 

II. CANCELLATION. 

 

9.                    Government has the right to cancel the allotment of peaks at any time without assigning any reason. Amount of royalty deposited shall be refunded in such cases.

 

10.                 In case, however, a party postpones/cancels its mountaineering plane for its own reasons, it shall so inform the Tourism Division by quickest means. In such a case royalty deposited shall neither be refunded nor it could be carried forward for future mountaineering in Pakistan. Change in booking period during the same mountaineering season is possible subject to availability of the peaks/rout for revised date.

 

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