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Business Recorder
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Business Recorder
PM hails mountaineer Naila for her remarkable feat
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday commended Pakistani mountaineer Naila Kiani for her remarkable achievement in scaling Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak at 8,586 metres. Kiani's ascent of Kanchenjunga on Friday has made her the first Pakistani woman to summit 12 of the world's 14 peaks towering above 8,000 metres, a significant milestone confirmed by the Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP), which organises various global expeditions. Prime Minister Sharif praised Kiani's success, calling it an inspiration and highlighting the growing presence of Pakistani women in challenging sports like mountaineering. 'Pakistanis are making their country proud in every field of sports. It is particularly encouraging to see Pakistani women making records in such a difficult and demanding sport,' he added. Kiani's remarkable achievements include summiting some of the most formidable peaks in the world, including Mount Makalu (8,485m), Broad Peak (8,047m), Annapurna (8,091m), K2 (8,611m), Lhotse (8,516m), Gasherbrum I (8,068m), Gasherbrum II (8,035m), Nanga Parbat (8,125m), Mount Everest (8,849m), Manaslu (8,156m), and Cho Oyu (8,201m). With this latest feat, Kiani is now on the verge of joining an exclusive group of just 17 women worldwide who have conquered all 14 eight-thousanders. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Express Tribune
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Sirbaz is now among a select group of around 70 climbers globally to have summited all 14 peaks.
Listen to article Pakistani mountaineer Sirbaz Khan has made history by becoming the first Pakistani to summit all of the world's 8,000-metre peaks without the use of supplemental oxygen. Sirbaz Khan, who hails from Hunza Valley, reached the top of Kangchenjunga (8,586 metres) on Sunday, completing a years-long campaign across the world's highest and most dangerous mountains. While he had previously climbed all 14 peaks by 2024, two of his earlier summits had been made using bottled oxygen. In April 2025, he re-climbed Annapurna, and now Kangchenjunga, both without artificial oxygen, to accomplish the feat under pure alpine style. Sirbaz Khan is now among a select group of around 70 climbers globally to have summited all 14 peaks. Fewer than 25 have done so entirely without supplemental oxygen, a demanding feat that involves climbing in the so-called "death zone", where oxygen levels are critically low. His journey began in 2017 with a successful ascent of Nanga Parbat (8,126m), one of the world's most treacherous mountains. He went on to climb K2 in 2018, Lhotse in 2019 — becoming the first Pakistani to summit it — and Broad Peak without oxygen that same year. In subsequent years, Sirbaz Khan added Manaslu, Annapurna, Everest, Gasherbrum I and II, Dhaulagiri, Makalu, Cho Oyu, and Shishapangma to his record, often as the first Pakistani to do so. Earlier, Sajid Ali Sadpara successfully scaled Dhaulagiri, the world's seventh-highest mountain at 8,167 metres, without the use of supplemental oxygen.
