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    Samina Baig and Dubai-based Naila make history, scale world’s second highest mountain K2

    22 Jul 2022

    The 31-year-old Samina reached the top of the 8,611-metre peak early on Friday as part of a seven-member local team, and was followed hours later by a second Pakistani woman, Dubai-based Naila Kiani.

    Hundreds of Everest climbers begin to return from summit

    19 May 2022

    A Nepali Sherpa broke her own record reaching the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit for the 10th time - the most times any woman has climbed Mount Everest.

    Sirbaz becomes first Pakistani to scale 10 of world’s 14 highest peaks

    08 May 2022

    Sirbaz, 32, hails from the Aliabad area of Hunza in Gilgit-Baltistan and began his climbing career in 2016. Sirbaz is aiming to become the first Pakistani to climb all 14 of the world`s highest peaks.

    Dubai-based banker Naila Kiani becomes first Pakistani woman to summit Nepal’s Annapurna peak

    17 Apr 2023

    She was accompanied by climber Shehroze Kashif — who has attained the title of being the youngest Pakistani mountaineer to ascend the peak — and Nepalese sherpas.

    Female mountaineer spends 32 days on 'roof of Mexico'

    21 Apr 2023

    The feat was a "personal challenge" to show that women can "do extraordinary things," Tijerina said in messages to AFP hours before going down the volcano, which is also known as Citlaltepetl.

    Dubai-based banker Naila becomes second Pakistani woman to reach Mount Everest

    14 May 2023

    Scaling up to 8,849 metres, she reached the summit at 8:02am on Sunday, along with Pasang Temba Sherpa. She has also become the first non-Nepalese climber to reach Everest's summit this mountaineering season.

    19-year-old Shehroze is youngest person to summit ‘Killer Mountain’ in Pakistan

    27 Jul 2021

    His father Kashif Suliman also confirmed that Shehroze has successfully scaled K2 on Tuesday morning and made history. He said Shehroze began his journey towards the ‘Killer Mountain’ two weeks earlier.

    Three climbers from Australia, Britain and Canada feared dead on Pakistani peaks

    28 Jul 2022

    A senior official told AFP that Canadian Richard Cartier and Australian Matthew Eakin were missing on K2, while Briton Gordon Henderson was lost climbing Broad Peak. "We cannot declare them dead until the bodies are found."

    Youngest Pakistani who scaled K2, fellow climber rescued

    07 Jul 2022

    The two — Shehroze Kashif, who last year scaled K2 at age 19, and Fazal Ali — went missing on Tuesday after scaling Nanga Parbat, known as “Killer Mountain” because of its dangerous conditions.

    Record number of international climbers to summit peaks in Pakistan

    27 Jun 2022

    The Gilgit-Baltistan tourism department has already issued 700 permits to international climbers, and as many were expected to be issued this summer, an official told Dawn.

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