Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Special Communications Organization (SCO) has sponsored Pakistan’s first female mountaineer Samina Baig for her attempt to climb K-2. For the first time, a Muslim woman is going to make history by climbing the second largest peak of the world.
Being the first Pakistani woman mountaineer going on such an expedition that guarantees to change the image of Pakistani female mountaineers in the world.
Samina Baig is a Pakistani high-altitude mountaineer. Born in Gilgit-Baltistan, at the age of 21, Samina Baig became the first Muslim Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest and the seven summits.
She has been awarded with the Pride of Performance by the Government of Pakistan. She plans to carry the Pakistan’s flag to the summit of the 8,611 meters high K-2 peak as a sign of women empowerment and to raise awareness about global warming and climate change. “I’m thrilled and grateful to be partnering with SCO for my upcoming K-2 Dream Expedition 2021. SCO has been incredibly supportive throughout my career so far. I’ll be representing them with pride on my mountaineering expedition and making the impossible -possible together.” said Samina Baig.
Besides providing state of the art telecommunications in AJ&K and GB, SCO aims to empower Pakistani women by giving them the right exposure to excel in this world. SCO has previously taken several initiatives for sports and tourism activities in AJ&K and GB and this is the first time that SCO has sponsored a mountaineering adventure.
