Out of 300 participants, a promising 12-year-old Humam Ahmad of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa created a new national record by winning National Snow Hiking and Trekking Championship organized jointly by Directorate of Sports KP and the Alpine Club of Pakistan at hill resort Nathiagali on Sunday. The Alpine Club of Pakistan is affiliated with International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation and International Federation of Sport Climbing which involved more than 300 male and female players from across Pakistan in the Championship played in three different categories.

Humam Ahmad, who is also holding Pakistan No. 1 ranking in Under-11 category in squash, cleared a hectic distance despite heavily covered snow trekking and got first position overall. It is for the first time that 25-member male and female teams took part in the National Snow Hiking and Trekking Championship under the supervision of Directorate of Sports KP and Alpine Association KP.

Besides Humam Ahmad, Hanzala Zafar of Islamabad took silver medal while Humam's elder brother 14-year-old Haris got bronze medal. Women category Chaman Mushtaq of Islamabad recorded first position. In the Men's overall competition wherein 133 participants Sajid Aslam of Azad Jammu and Kashmir took gold medal. Abu Zafar Sadiq, the Secretary General of the Alpine Club of Pakistan and Secretary Alpine Association Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Najeeb Ullah Khattak lauded Humam Ahmad of winning gold medal in the National Hiking and Trekking Championship. At the end, he distributed medals and trophies to the position holders.

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