PM Shehbaz Sharif pictured with mountaineer and Qatari royal Sheikha Asma Al Thani on July 10, 2025. — PMO
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday met Sheikha Asma Al Thani and lauded her on turning into the primary girl within the Gulf and Qatar to efficiently summit Nanga Parbat — the world’s ninth-highest mountain positioned within the Gilgit Baltistan area often known as the formidable “Killer Mountain”.
Felicitating Asma Al Thani on her achievement, the PM praised her for her outstanding braveness, resilience, and willpower and counseled her for being a supply of inspiration for girls and younger women internationally, particularly in selling gender empowerment by means of journey and high-altitude sports activities.
Formally appointing the mountaineer because the nation’s Model Ambassador for Pakistan’s Mountains & Tourism for showcasing Pakistan’s pure magnificence, the premier highlighted Pakistan’s immense pleasure in being house to 5 of the world’s fourteen highest peaks, making it a premier vacation spot for mountaineers and journey seekers.
Thanking the Qatari royal for taking part in a priceless position in bringing worldwide consideration to their challenges and scenic grandeur, the PM acknowledged the very important contributions of Pakistani high-altitude porters and guides who help climbers from all over the world of their expeditions, noting that their ability and dedication are integral to such extraordinary accomplishments.
PM Shehbaz additional expressed curiosity in increasing bilateral cooperation within the fields of journey tourism, sports activities, and youth engagement.
Wishing her success in her ambition to climb all fourteen of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks, of which she has already climbed 9, the prime minister prolonged a heartfelt invitation to Asma Al Thani to return to Pakistan for future climbs and to additional discover the nation’s various and breathtaking landscapes.
In the meantime, the Qatari mountaineer thanked PM Shehbaz or the nice and cozy hospitality prolonged to her throughout her visits.
Reminiscing about her latest climb of Nanga Parbat, she praised the help offered by the native porters and guides and in addition praised the great thing about the majestic mountain and regarded K2, one other peak that she has already scaled previously, as the very best mountain among the many ones she climbed.
