Fakhar-e-Alam becomes first Pakistani to circumnavigate globe

Singer-turned-activist Fakhar-e-Alam has on Sunday accomplished his Mission Prwaaz and became the first Pakistani ever to circumnavigate the globe in as many as 28 days.

Alam took to popular micro-blogging website Twitter and wrote, “Mission Parwaaz will come to an end tomorrow November 3rd 3:30pm at Tampa Bay Aviation 1000 N Hercules Ave, Clearwater Florida 33765. Come join me to bring the first successful Pakistani circumnavigation home.”

The flag is up….it’s done…Pakistan congrats we have our 1st successful circumnavigation of the globe in any mode of transportation…. #MissionParwaaz pic.twitter.com/vgN0AXcGj1

— Fakhr-e-Alam (@falamb3) November 3, 2018

During the course of his Mission Parwaaz, Alam was briefly detained by the Russian authorities as his visa had expired. However, after intervention of Pakistani envoy, he was allowed to continue his travel.

In another post, Alam wrote, “The flag is up….it’s done…Pakistan congrats we have our first successful circumnavigation of the globe in any mode of transportation.”

“Pakistan, Mission Parwaaz, mission accomplished,” he said while giving a thumbs up.

He continued, “I am now at Saint Pete’s Airport, KPI from where on October 10th Mission Parwaaz started and now I am back at the very same airport after completing the mission.”

The 24-day tour, which kicked off in Clearwater, Florida on October 10th, took Alam to 22 countries.

From Florida, the 42-year-old had flown to Boston and then to the Canadian Airbase in Goose bay Canada and then to Greenland.

From Greenland, Alam flew to Iceland, United Kingdom, Egypt and then to Bahrain and then Dubai.

From Dubai, the singer flew to Karachi and then Islamabad and Lahore. From Lahore, he flew to Dhaka, Bangkok, Singapore, Jakarta and then Darwin in Australia.

Other countries where he made a pit stop included Philippines, Taiwan, South Japan, North Japan, the Pacific Bay, Russia and Alaska.