''' MOUNTAINS STUDENTS MARVELS

With Pakistan hosting some of the world's tallest mountains, they provide the ideal scenic backdrop to any setting  -real or planned.

The seventh Pakistan Mountain Festival got underway in earnest on Wednesday as  young artists  displayed their depictions of life around the mountains.

The 'Mountain Maevels' exhibition comprising 250 paintings, was inaugurated at Rawalpindi Arts Council {RAC] on Wednesday as part of the festival.

The main objective of the advocacy festival is to highlight the importance of mountains for all the living creatures.

Post-graduate and under-graduate students painted mountain-peaks, their surrounding environment, cultural heritage of communities around mountains and their fantasies and thrills associated with mountains.

The  Oil on Canvas compositions reflected the  youth's inspiration to save and serve the mountain ecosystems.

''Well aware and sensitised youth about environmental sustainability is the last hope to protect the planet through conservation and development initiatives.,'' said Development Communications Network Director.

''The damage done by the older generation is irreparable, but there is still hope to slow down the process of degradation by reducing the greenhouse emissions, eliminating indiscriminate deforestation and by taking steps for  inclusive and integrated afforestation.

The exhibits, he said, reflect the love of young artists have for the mountains and for culture through a variety of colours and treatment.