Dubai-based mountaineer becomes first Pakistani woman to scale Annapurna

Naila Kiani has become the first Pakistani woman to climb Annapurna, the tenth highest mountain in the world.

The Dubai-based banker is an experienced mountaineer, and no stranger to setting world records. In 2021, she was the first Pakistani female mountaineer to climb the world’s 13th highest peak, Gasherbrum-II. A year later, she and fellow Pakistani mountaineer, Samina Baig, reached the top of K2 - the second highest mountain in the world.

In her expedition to scale the 8,091-metre tall Annapurna, she was accompanied by Shehroze Kashif, 21, who became the youngest Pakistani mountaineer to climb the mountain.

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