MOUNTAINEERING RULES & REGULATIONS

Photography

i. Aerial Photography

55. Aerial photography of mountain peaks enroot to Northern Areas and Chitral is allowed after notifying the pilot of an aircraft or the Liaison officer.

ii. Still Photography

56. A party shall not photograph the following objects during its stay in Pakistan.
1. Any Army, navy and Air Force installations.
2. Any equipment of Armed Forces such as ships/establishments, guns, tanks, vehicles, aircrafts and arms etc.
3. Any Pakistani aerodromes or its connected buildings and installations.
4. Any tribal lady/ladies.
   Any other notified prohibited area/place.

iii. Making of commercial film including T.V

57. Subject to above a party attempting a peak situated in closed zones (i.e, 10 mile belt and 30 mile belt of Pakistan border with foreign countries) may take photographs/make films under the district supervision of a L.O.
58. For this purpose, party shall identify one member of its teams as the photographer for shooting of a film of academic interest. If however, a party wants to include in the team some professional films, the professional photographer's in that case shall be accompanied by an additional L.O under the same terms and conditions for the L.O. Under this agreement, professional photographer shall not be allowed to break into units.
59. Export of such films out of Pakistan shall be allowed only after L.O has certified that defense installations and prohibited areas/places were nor photographed.
60. A L.O shall inform a party of the objects which are allowed to be photographed/filmed. If he is convinced that key/defense installations are being photographed, he shall forbid the photographer or make such films. If a photographer does not comply with his advice the matter shall be reported to police who shall proceed against such photographer under official Secrets Act, 1923.
61. Still photographs, commercial films and films of academic interest taken/made in rest of Pakistan shall not be subject to restriction except restrictions mentioned at para 54 and 58.
62. Permission to photography is subject to the condition that a party shall supply to the Government of Pakistan free of cost and freight one copy/print of film of academic interest/commercial film made and one set of photograph taken.
    Any Army, navy and Air Force installations.
1. Any equipment of Armed Forces such as ships/establishments, guns, tanks, vehicles, aircrafts and arms etc.
2. Any Pakistani aerodromes or its connected buildings and installations.
3. Any tribal lady/ladies.
   Any other notified prohibited area/place.