Hayatullah Khan Durrani
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Hayatullah Khan Durrani (Pashto
Pashto language
Pashto , known as Afghani in Persian and Pathani in Punjabi , is the native language of the indigenous Pashtun people or Afghan people who are found primarily between an area south of the Amu Darya in Afghanistan and...

: ; born 22 April 1962) is a Pakistani cave explorer
Caving
Caving—also occasionally known as spelunking in the United States and potholing in the United Kingdom—is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems...

, mountaineer
Mountaineering
Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists...

, environmentalist
Environmentalist
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, organizer
Organizer
Organizer could refer to:*Union organizer, a trade union official*Party organizer, a political party official*Community organizing, a way of building democratic power for the powerless*Personal organizer, a type of diary...

, and a rescuer. He is also a part-time sports anchor actor
Actor
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 in Pakistani Television shows. He played a significant role in the promotion of mountaineering
Mountaineering
Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists...

 and caving
Caving
Caving—also occasionally known as spelunking in the United States and potholing in the United Kingdom—is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems...

 adventure sports in Pakistan, including rock climbing
Rock climbing
Rock climbing also lightly called 'The Gravity Game', is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling...

. He is the founder of cave exploration adventure sports in Pakistan. He belongs to the ethnic Pashtun Sadozai tribe section of the Popalzai
Popalzai
Popalzai or Popalzay are Durrani Pashtuns.-Origin:According to Hyat Khan's history of Afghanistan, from their progenitor Bor Tareen, otherwise known as Abdal, are descended two main divisions: the Zirak and the Panjpai...

 sub clan of Durrani
Durrani
Durrani or Abdali is the name of a chief Pashtun tribal confederation in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Originally known by their ancient name Abdali later as Durrani they have been called Durrani since the beginning of the Durrani Empire in 1747. The number of Durranis are estimated to be roughly 16%...

 Abdali
Abdali
Abdali may refer to:* Abdali Urban Regeneration Project, district in Amman, Jordan* Durrani, one of the two largest Pashtun tribes of Afghanistan and Pakistan* Ahmed Shah Abdali, founder of the Durrani Empire...

 Pashtuns
Pashtun people
Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...

 in Quetta
Quetta
is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the...

, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

,

Education career

Durrani obtained a Master's degree in Sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...

 from Balochistan University, Quetta
Quetta
is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the...

, Balochistan
Balochistan (Pakistan)
Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...

 in 1987.

He is currently performing the duties of the post of Deputy Superintendent (OPS) and Sports Secretary of Pakistan Customs Sports Board, Quetta, and media officer for Model Customs Collectorate MCC Quetta, Balochistan.

Adventure sports career

On 6 September 1984 Hayatullah Khan Durrani founded and established Chiltan Adventurers Association Balochistan
Chiltan Adventurers Association Balochistan
Chiltan Adventurers Association Balochistan is non-profit earning Government constituted adventure sports Association consisting of young boys and girls dedicated for the promotion of Mountain Adventure and sports climbing and associated sports in Balochistan Pakistan to protect new generation from...

 (CAAB), the first and only caving adventure sports / speleological rescue organization in Pakistan and the first mountaineering adventure sports organization in Quetta Balochistan. He has headed the association ever since. On 14 August 1994 he founded the Pakistan Cave Research & Caving Federation
Pakistan Cave Research & Caving Federation
The Pakistan Cave Research & Caving Federation. PCRCF formed in 14th August 1997 is non-profit National constituent Governing body for Underground Exploration, research, and conservation of caves in Pakistan and adjacent areas...

 (PCRCF) for caving and rescue activities in Pakistan. In 1994 and 1999 his pursuit of adventure sports activities took him to Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

, United Kingdom
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, where he completed a caving and rock-climbing advanced course under the supervision of Simon James Brooks and Boyed Potts from the Orpheus Caving Club unit of the British Cave Research Association
British Cave Research Association
The British Cave Research Association is a speleological organisation in the United Kingdom. Its object is to promote the study of caves and associated phenomena, and it attains this by supporting cave & karst research, encouraging original exploration , collecting and publishing speleological...

 and British Caving Association
British Caving Association
The British Caving Association is the governing body for caving in the United Kingdom and recognised as such by the Sports Council. Its predecessor was the National Caving Association....

. BBC Radio Derby
BBC Radio Derby
BBC Radio Derby is the BBC Local Radio station for the English county of Derbyshire, covering all but the northern tip of the county, and also serves eastern Staffordshire, mainly Uttoxeter and Burton upon Trent. The station broadcasts from its studios in Derby on 104.5, 95.3 and 96.0 FM and 1116...

 interviewed him for the Pak-Britain caving expedition.

Durrani has spent a major part of his life promoting mountain climbing and caving (speleology
Speleology
Speleology is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, their make-up, structure, physical properties, history, life forms, and the processes by which they form and change over time...

) to the youth of Pakistan. He has an individual international record of exploring 128 caves in Pakistan. Since 1984 he has celebrated Pakistan's Nation-day event every year by hoisting the Pakistani national flag
Flag of Pakistan
The national flag of Pakistan was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly on August 11, 1947, just three days before the country's independence, when it became the official flag of the Dominion of Pakistan. It was afterwards retained by the current-day Islamic...

 on mountains in Pakistan and abroad. His tradition of raising the flag on mountain summits has acquired him a unique status in the country. On the basis of meritorious services of Mr. Durrani, the General Assembly of the Union of International Speleology (39 represented countries in Athens Greece 14th ICS 2005) voted on him having Pakistan as a member country to the Union International de Spéléologie (UIS)., He is country representative of Union International de Spéléologie (UIS) for Pakistan and founder/ President of Pakistan Cave Research & Caving Federation. He is representative of ACP islamabad and Director of the Alpine Club Pakistan (ACP) Balochistan branch.
On 14 August 2005, in recognition of his life-long services to caving, mountain adventure, as Juniper Defender and water sports in Pakistan, the honorable President, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, bestowed on him the "President's Award for Pride of Performance
Pride of Performance
Pride of Performance , is one of the highest civil award given and conferred by the Pakistan Government to Pakistan's citizens in recognition of distinguished merit in the fields of Literature, Arts, Sports, Medicines, and Science for civilians in most particular cases.The announcement of civil...

".

Rock-Climbing Training for Youths

On 26 June 2008 Alpine Club of Pakistan (Islamabad) and Chiltan Adventures Association Balochistan Organized Rock-Climbing training camp with collaboration of Pakistan Cave Research and Caving Federation in Quetta as a part of promotion and development of Rock-climbing Adventure sports in youth of Pakistan.Nazir Sabir
Nazir Sabir
Nazir Sabir Urdu: نذیر صابر is a Pakistani mountaineer. He was born in Ramanji a small hamlet in Chiporsun, upper Hunza known as Gojal...

 and Ashraf Aman
Ashraf Aman
Ashraf Aman is a Pakistani mountaineer, adventurer, and an electrical engineer. He was first Pakistan to reach the summit of K2, the second highest peak on Earth. Besides mountaineering, he has almost 35 years of experience in tourism. He operates the tourism company known as Adventure Tours...

 Visited Quetta
Quetta
is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the...

 Balochistan to supervise the National male female youth Rock-climbing training Course. Hayatullah Khan Durrani was the Director and chief organizer of the camp.

Raka Poshi Expedition

August 2003 Hayatullah Khan Durrani as leador of Chiltan Adventures Association Balochistan Mountaineering team climbed Rakaposhi
Rakaposhi
Rakaposhi , is a mountain in the Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan. It is situated in the Nagar Valley approximately 100 km north of the city of Gilgit in the Gilgit District of the Gilgit-Baltistan province of Pakistan. Rakaposhi means "Snow Covered" in the local language. Rakaposhi is...

 mount in the Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan.The Secretary of Alpine Club of Pakistan Saad Tariq Siddiqi was the Chief organiser of the Expedition, the other mountaineers accompany with Durrani were Malik Abdul Rahim Baabai, Jan Mohammad Durrani, Mohammad Ali Khan Mandokhail(Late)and Noor Mohammad Khilj, Naseebullah Khilji (Late) was slipped and fell on the descent and badly injured other member of the expedition were stayed in the last base camp. Rakaposhi means "Snow Covered" in the local language. It is ranked 27th highest in the world and 12th highest in Pakistan and this mount is more popular for its beauty than its highest rank.

K2 Base Camp Expedition

In July August 2004 Hayatullah Khan Durrani was nominated by ACP Islamabad as expedition chief of the Pakistani National mountaineering expedition to represent Pakistan in the 1st climbed of Golden Jubilee ceremony of k2 mount organised by the Government of Italy under the leadership of Italian federal Minister Gianni Alemanno  Gerygory Alemano accompanied by Lino Lacedelli
Lino Lacedelli
Lino Lacedelli was an Italian mountaineer.-Early life:Lacedelli was born in Cortina d'Ampezzo ....

 the first mountaineer on earth who climbed K2 in 1953. at the Concordia
Concordia
Concordia is the Latin word for "harmony," literally "with heart." It may refer to:* Concordia , the Roman goddess of harmony...

 base Camp Mr. Durrani along with his team meet the official delegate of the Italy headed by Gianni Alemanno and Lino Lacedelli and then left for K-2 expedition.

Environmental work

Durrani is also involved in conserving juniper
Juniper
Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, there are between 50-67 species of juniper, widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa in the Old World, and to the...

s and the wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative....

 of Ziarat
Ziarat
Ziarat is the capital of Ziarat District, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is located at 30°22'47N 67°43'38E with an altitude of 2543 metres and is a famous holiday resort of Balochistan and nearly every trip from Karachi to Quetta stops at Ziarat...

 and Zarghoon mount areas. He is trying to establish a Juniper Defenders centre at Chautair Valley, Ziarat, to educate people and to create awareness especially among young people through a long-distance 120 km (74.6 mi) walk from Quetta to Zaiarat. The event has been established to help protect this important ecosystem, to take remedial measures to stop the destruction of this valuable world heritage forest and the endangered species within. Upon the invitation of Durrani, Nazir Sabir
Nazir Sabir
Nazir Sabir Urdu: نذیر صابر is a Pakistani mountaineer. He was born in Ramanji a small hamlet in Chiporsun, upper Hunza known as Gojal...

, a Pakistan mountaineer, visited Quetta and Ziarat to jointly work with him alongside CAAB for the conservation of the Juniper forests of Ziarat. on October 29, 2008 6.4 magnitude Mw earthquake hit the Ziarat
Ziarat
Ziarat is the capital of Ziarat District, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is located at 30°22'47N 67°43'38E with an altitude of 2543 metres and is a famous holiday resort of Balochistan and nearly every trip from Karachi to Quetta stops at Ziarat...

 and Surrounding areas the villagers are using Juniper trees as fire wood this is very critical time for junipers to be protected. Hayat Durrani raised voice as juniper defender in 1984 from the platform of Chiltan Adventures Association Balochistan, the Silver Jubilee
Silver Jubilee
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 Camp of the Juniper defenders is scheduled to be held in Ziarat in the end of October 2009 to celebrate the 25 years as juniper defenders.On 25-10-2010 The Government of Balochistan Sports, Environment and Youth Affairs Departments announce the Silver Jubilee “Juniper Defender Award” to Hayatullah Khan Durrani on the eve Silver Jubilee of Chiltan Adventurers Association Balochistan from his long outstanding performance since 1984 as an environment analyst of the preservation of the 3000 years old word heritage of Juniper forests and wildlife in Ziarat and Koh-i-Zarghoon
Koh-i-Zarghoon
Zarghoon Ghar is a peak located in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. The zarghoon range's highest peak is Loy Saar Naikan, at 3,578 meters while the second highest peak is Kuchnai Saar, at 3,404 meters . At , Zarghoon Ghar is the highest peak of Baluchistan and Quetta.-External links:* *...

 region of Balochistan Pakistan. He established Juniper Defenders center at Chautair Valley Ziarat, to educate people and create awareness to stop the destruction of this valuable world heritage and the endangered species within.

Establishment of HDWSA

Hayatullah Khan Durrani established Hayat Durrani Water Sports Academy
Academy
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 (HDWSA) in 1989 Balochistan's first and only Rowing
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

, Canoeing
Canoeing
Canoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe.Open canoes may be 'poled' , sailed, 'lined and tracked' or even 'gunnel-bobbed'....

 , Kayaking
Kayaking
Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. Kayaking and canoeing are also known as paddling. Kayaking is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle...

, Sailing
Sailing
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, Swimming and boating
Boating
Boating is the leisurely activity of travelling by boat, or the recreational use of a boat whether powerboats, sailboats, or man-powered vessels , focused on the travel itself, as well as sports activities, such as fishing or water skiing...

 training center / academy at Hanna Lake
Hanna Lake
Hanna Lake is a lake near Quetta city in Pakistan and is one of the main attractions in the city and a reservoir was Constructed by the British Empire....

 Quetta for the young generation of the country. Hayatullah Khan Durrani (PP) is founder and Chief Executive of HDWSA and this academy provides all equipment's free for training to all male female students form different Schools, colleges, Universities and members of HDWSA, BCA,BRA,PCKF,PRF, PSA and events participants etc.the old building of HDWSA was replaced and modern building of HDWSA boat house was constructed in 2007 for the development of above sports. HDWSA is Pakistan's first and only International sports academy where players gets training of above cited sports free of cost and without fee. further to involve young generation in the importance of environment, a small tree plantation project has been also established for the protection of environment
Natural environment
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 and beautification of Hanna Lake.

programmes on TV

Durrani has performed in PTV
Pakistan Television Corporation
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 serials as well a 13-episode series entitled Palay Shah, Palay Khan
Palay Khan
Palay Khan or Palay Shah Khosti belonged to the Khwastaye syed tribe of Zhob. He was a freedom fighter and chief of a freedom fighters' group, which fought against the British Raj, in 1930s, at Balochistan, Pakistan. Ethnically, he was syed Khosti, a tribe of Pashtun from Killi Dewal Khosti...

 produced and directed by Sajjad Ahmad
Sajjad Ahmad
Sajjad Ahmad Urdu: سجاداحمد is a Pakistani television producer , director . He was born on 28 September 1956 in Quetta Balochistan Pakistan...

 and assorted Pakistani plays, plus a documentary film based on the protection of the juniper forests. He appeared in Pakistan's first documentary on caving, Caves in Balochistan, produced and directed by Dur Mohammad Kassi
Dur Mohammad Kassi
Dur Mohammad Kassi is a television producer and documentary filmmaker. He was born on 10 March 1946 in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan to a Kassi Pashtun family. He obtained a Masters degree in Economics. He worked as a lecturer in a government college. On November 1, 1974, he become a producer in...

 of Ptv Quetta. He has also participated and still continues to participate in stage and live PTV shows as a caving and mountaineering expert.His latest sports show of 13 episode Aired on PTV Bolan from 30-10-2009. Hayatullah Khan Durrani is writer and host of the " Ptv Gemes Show " which is based on different Olympic and non-Olympic games. the show is produced by Sajjad Ahmed and Syed Gul Shah Bukhari of Ptv Quetta Center.

Rescue services

An eleven-member team of the Pakistan Cave Research Association (PCRA) and Chiltan Adventure Association of Balochistan (CAAB) joined hands with teams from other countries to carry out search and rescue operations in Balakot
Balakot
Balakot , is a town in Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The town was destroyed during the 2005 earthquake and later rebuilt with the assistance of the Government of Pakistan and Saudi Public Assistance for Pakistan Earthquake Victims , a Saudi relief organization...

, one of the worst-hit areas of the 8 October earth quake in Pakistan. The team also visited various relief camps established by the Pakistan Army in the area and provided relief goods and money to the affected people in Balakot and Shinkiari
Shinkiari
Shinkiari is a Union Council of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Moulana Wasi-ur-Rahman is the Nazim of Shinkiari...

 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The PCRA and CAAB search and rescue team was led by Hayatullah Khan Durrani.
The relief and rescue squad visited the Killi waham and other small mountain villages that were the most affected by the Ziarat
Ziarat
Ziarat is the capital of Ziarat District, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is located at 30°22'47N 67°43'38E with an altitude of 2543 metres and is a famous holiday resort of Balochistan and nearly every trip from Karachi to Quetta stops at Ziarat...

 earthquake of 29 October 2008. They camped in the Thorkhazai village for around five days and nights and distributed food, blankets and warm clothing among survivors outside their collapsed houses.
In the recent past, a rescue squad incorporating CAAB, PCRA and Hayat Durrani Water Sports Academy (HDWSA)have recovered the dead bodies of a number of young boys from Thorkhazai Dame Loralai
Loralai
Loralai is the principal city of Loralai District in the northeast of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. It was formerly known as Bori. It is four thousand seven hundred feet above the sea level....

, Mannah Dame Duki
Duki
Duki is a town of Loralai District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°9'0N 68°34'0E with an altitude of 1092 metres ....

, Khoshal Hotel Killi Hanna chashma.

Honours and awards

  • Pakistan's President Award for "Pride-of-Performance" 2005
  • Man of the Expedition Award in Pak-UK joint caving expedition 1991
  • Man of the Expedition award in Pak-Iran joint mountaineering expedition 1992
  • Man of the Expedition award in Pak-UK joint caving & mountaineering expedition 1994
  • Man of the Expedition award in Pak-UK joint caving & mountaineering expedition 1997
  • Man of the Expedition award in Pak-UK joint caving & mountaineering expedition 2000
  • Chief Organiser of Pak-UK Cave Exploration cave Mapping / Rock-climbing training course 2006 (Pakistan).
  • Juniper Defender Award Preservation of Juniper forests and wildlife in Ziarat and Koh-i-Zarghoon region of Balochistan Pakistan 1984 to 2010.

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