GILGIT BALTISTAN: Hours after Samina Baig, Naila Kiani became the second Pakistani female mountaineer to successfully summit the second-highest peak in the world – K2, on Friday morning.

With her successful expedition of the ‘Savage Mountain’ – The K2, Naila has become the first Pakistani female mountaineer to achieve this feat in the first attempt.

Samina, on the other hand, who reached the top of the mountain a while ago then Naila at 7:42 AM, became the first Pakistani female mountaineer to stand atop of world’s second highest peak.

According to the details, Naila reached the summit of the K2 with fellow climbers Sirbaz Khan and Sohail Sakhi at around 10:30 AM.

Earlier, the extreme weather conditions above higher camps on K2 had halted the progress of mountaineers who were aiming to push for the summit and as a result, Naila and other mountaineers had to wait for the ropes to be fixed and the weather to get better.

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