Naila Kiani becomes second Pakistani woman to summit Everest

Mountaineer Naila Kiani on Sunday climbed the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, thus becoming the first Pakistani woman to scale five peaks above 8000 meters. 

Naila also became the second female mountaineer from the country to summit Mount Everest after Samina Baig, who did so in 2013 at the age of 23.

According to the details, Naila successfully ascended the 8848-metre peak situated in Nepal on Sunday morning, scaling her fifth out of the 14 tallest peaks in the world.

Last month, she had scaled Annapurna Mountain (8,091 metres) – the 10th highest peak in the world also located in Nepal – to become the first female from the country to do so.

She also ascended Gasherbrum-II (8,035m) in 2021 and climbed Gasherbrum-I (8,068m) and the world’s second-highest peak K2 in July 2022.

It is worth mentioning here that Naila is a banker by profession based in Dubai, an amateur boxer and a mother of two kids.

She first gained prominence after images of her wedding shoot at K2 Basecamp in 2018 circulated on social media.

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