Dear Media Friends and colleagues
Please find attached the press release (english and urdu) and photo from today's event where the Danish ambassador awarded the winning participants of Pakistan's 5th Open climbing Competition to mark International Women Day.
Your usual support in covering the event and key messages will be highly appreciated.
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Hina Akhtar
Denmark marks International Women Day through support to Pakistan's 5th Open Climbing Competition
Islamabad – "On the occasion of International Women Day, the Government of Denmark has supported a National climbing competition to highlight the potential of Pakistani women in sports as well as in other aspects of society - but more importantly also to mark Pakistan on the international map with success stories" – This was stated by the Danish ambassador to Pakistan, Mr. Uffe Wolffhechel at the award ceremony for Pakistan's 5th Open Climbing competition, which was held at a local hotel in Islamabad.
The award ceremony was the concluding event of a 3-day national rock climbing competition, financially supported by the Danish embassy of Pakistan.
The Government of Denmark in joint collaboration with the Adventure Club Pakistan carried out the national climbing competition to mark the International Women Day, bringing a focus to the need of mainstreaming gender into all important parts of society development, adding a special focus on grooming sports talent among girls.
The competition had four categories; In the category of under 14, Eeman Nadeem scored first position, followed by Iqra Jilani (2nd) and Maham Mujahid (3rd). In the category of under 16, Palwasha Rodriguez took the leading position, Hamna Kiran (2nd) and Aleeza Sana came 3rd. Under 19, Aneesa Rashid was awarded with first position, Nazish Taj (2nd) and Rushna Zamir 3rd position. In the last female category of 19 +, a special record was made by Nazia Parveen from Fatima Jinnah Women University, who along with winning the first position of the category also set a unique record in the overall competition with lowest time to climb, beating the male categories as well. Irum Nisa came 2nd and Kiran Nisa took 3rd position in the same category.
The 3-day national competition had more than 150 climbers from various parts of the country, including most of the educational institutions and clubs from Rawalpindi and Islamabad participate in the competitions under various age categories. The climbers were supported and watched by large crowds of spectators, who had joined these energetic young people in their daring efforts to climb vertical cliffs and hard routes in the Margalla Hills.
During the award ceremony, the Danish ambassador congratulated all of the winning students and stated that "Denmark strongly believes in supporting activities that contribute to positioning Pakistan on a more competitive global footing. This competition is an illustration of the fact that Pakistani girls and women have a huge potential which needs to be recognised and further promoted. Pakistan has so much of untapped talent that we would like to bring focus to this potential among the international community".
The President of the Adventure Club Pakistan, Mr. Tahir Khan appreciated the support of the Danish embassy for his club and especially for recognizing the importance of the young girls, who had participated in the competition. "Pakistan needs to create more adventure activities for the young people, as this is an important brick in building up positive and creative future leaders for Pakistan. We also need to nurture the grain of hope among our youth during these difficult times in our country and give them the courage and confidence to deal with life's challenges in a more creative way".
The Adventure Club Pakistan keeps a vibrant history of diversified activities, holding roick climbing as the specialty of the Club. In previous years, the Club has organized lectures and seminars for the promotion of rock climbing besides conducting training and practice sessions. The Club has searched and developed several new sites for climbing viz-a-viz organized several climbing competitions in collaboration with Ministry of Tourism, Capital Development Authority, Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation and Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab.
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