Sports Reporter
ISLAMABAD:- Young mountaineers, Shehroze Kashif and Abdul Joshi called on Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Ehsan Ur Rehman Mazari on Wednesday at his office Pakistan Sports Board (PSB). President Alpine Club Abu Zafar Sadiq was also in the meeting.
Shehroze Kashif during the meeting with Federal Minister Ehsan Ur Rehman Mazari expressed his future plan of becoming the world’s youngest man to climb all 14 highest mountains in the world. It would not only bring pride for the nation but will also promote tourism and help the economy.
Federal Minister Ehsan-ur-Rehman said:
“It is delightful to see our youth is associated to the challenging sport of mountain climbing and building soft image of Pakistan. I assure that anyone who will contribute building soft image of Pakistan is indeed praiseworthy. The government will provide him maximum support to achieve this honor for the nation. I hope young people will come forward and bring laurels for their country”.
Mountaineering is quite a challenging sport and Pakistan is blessed with few of the highest mountains including world’s second highest peak K-2, these peaks attract number of mountaineers, climbers and tourists from across the globe. Pakistan has also produced great mountaineers who conquered these giants and one of those young mountaineers is Shehroze Kashif who started trekking and mountaineering just at the age of 11. Before he reached 20, he already had climbed world’s seven highest mountains.
