Activists to take up mountain related issues
Kick-off event of the ninth edition of the Pakistan Mountain Festival
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ISLAMABAD:
The Mountain Ambassadors pledged to take up mountains issues to work jointly at the launching of first batch of 11 young and dynamic professionals and activists on Saturday.
These individuals will create awareness around their home and workplace or in the university about the importance of mountains and the climate change impact.
The launching of the Mountain Ambassadors was the kick-off event of the ninth edition of the Pakistan Mountain Festival, the annual flagship event of the Devcom-Pakistan (Development Communications Network), to mark the International Mountains Day that falls on December 11.
The first of 11 mountain ambassadors include a well-known playwright and poet Irfan Ahmed Urfi, PT award winning actress and model Sadia Amman Rathore, actress and model Nosheen Agha, policy advocacy and human development specialist Afshan Tahseen Bajwa, educationist and environmentalist Dr Anjum Rasheed from the Comsats University, governance and policy specialist Ujala Sadiq from the National Defense University, visual and performing artist Ahmed Habib, well-known singer and song producer Daulat Wali Baig.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 1st, 2019.
The Mountain Ambassadors pledged to take up mountains issues to work jointly at the launching of first batch of 11 young and dynamic professionals and activists on Saturday.
These individuals will create awareness around their home and workplace or in the university about the importance of mountains and the climate change impact.
The launching of the Mountain Ambassadors was the kick-off event of the ninth edition of the Pakistan Mountain Festival, the annual flagship event of the Devcom-Pakistan (Development Communications Network), to mark the International Mountains Day that falls on December 11.
The first of 11 mountain ambassadors include a well-known playwright and poet Irfan Ahmed Urfi, PT award winning actress and model Sadia Amman Rathore, actress and model Nosheen Agha, policy advocacy and human development specialist Afshan Tahseen Bajwa, educationist and environmentalist Dr Anjum Rasheed from the Comsats University, governance and policy specialist Ujala Sadiq from the National Defense University, visual and performing artist Ahmed Habib, well-known singer and song producer Daulat Wali Baig.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 1st, 2019.