First-ever zip-lining event in Peshawar tomorrow

Author: Staff Report

PESHAWAR: The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in collaboration with the Adventure Club is organizing the first-ever zip-lining event at the Hayatabad Sports Complex on (Saturday). The first one in the history of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the two-day event is aimed at providing opportunities of adventurous sports activities to the youth of the province, officials told a meeting. Secretary Sports, Tourism, Archaeology, Museums, Culture and Youth Affairs Muhammad Tariq, TCKP Managing Director Mushtaq Ahmed Khan, General Manager Admin & Properties Sajjad Hameed, Adventure Club Chief Khalid Khan attended the meeting. Secretary Muhammad Tariq said that the KP youth and lovers of adventurous sports used to go to Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and other cities of the country to participate in zip-lining events, but now they would be able to enjoy these exciting and thrilling activities in their own province. MD Mushtaq Khan said the TCKP and Adventure Club had joined hands to organise the unique zip-lining event for the youth so they could participate and enjoy the adventurous sports activities. He said that TCKP had arranged several events, including paragliding, rafting, and safari train tours for tourists. The zip-lining is also known as spyline, zip wire, aerial runway, aerial ropeslide, death slide, flying fox and foefie slide.

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