MIRPUR (Kashmir Engish): Mirpur-based NGO, Sarfraz Welfare Center, has organized the longest charity walk in the history of Pakistan “China -Pakistan -Kashmir (CPK) charity walk, which took 26 days from Khunjrab pass to its destination in Mirpur city of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The charity walk, comprising a 13-member team, was organised to raise awareness about the significance of charity for the rehabilitation of sick humanity and to further promote and strengthen deep-rooted Pakistan-China brotherly relations.
The Sarfraz Welfare Trust spokesperson said the walk started from the Khunjarab China Border on August 14 with essential equipment including camping, physician, and other travel facilities.
The team took Sust, Paso, Attabad Lake, Hunza, Goro Jaglot, Gilgit, Jangalot, Chalas, Babusar Top, Lolosar Lake, Jhal Khad, Bata Kundi, Naran, Kaghan, Paras, Balakot, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Khanpur dam, Taxila, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Dina, and Mangala to Mirpur Jatlan in about 25 days.
The NGO official said that they had previously completed a walk from Jatlan to Khuirta in 2003, Rawalkot to Jatlan in 2005, Line of Control Chakothi to Line of Control Chhamb Iftikharabad in 2018, and Neelum to Chhamb in 2023, completing more than 500 km.
The NGO official underlined that the objectives of the charity walk of more than 1000 km included making people aware of charity, promoting tourism, and highlighting the peaceful and bright sides of the region to the world.
With the support of the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the team captain, 73-year-old, Ch Muhammad Rafiq, and the chief organiser Imtiaz Ahmed, accompanied the walk, the state-run APP reported.
“The walk succeeded in conveying to people the world over that “our whole region is a place of peace and tourism for tourists with incredible views,” he said.
The Sarfraz Welfare Center is a registered welfare organization that has been engaged in serving the suffering of humanity in various fields of life since 1991.
