Salena mountaineering princess of Pakistan set to summit Broad Peak
June 28, 2021
Islamabad : The mountaineering princess of Pakistan, 12-year-old Selena Khawaja, accompanied by her father Yousaf Khawaja, 61, is all set to attempt Broad Peak, a mountain in the Karakoram on the border of Pakistan and China, the twelfth-highest mountain in the world at 8,047 metres (26,401 ft) above sea level. If successful, it will make her set new world records making her the youngest person in the world to have summated an 8000ner.
Selena Khawaja, a young girl living in a small suburb of Abbottabad has been living with a single parent and somehow developed love for mountains and along with her father Yousaf Khawaja started climbing at the age of 6. While deservingly Selena deserves lots of accolades, as the mountaineering princess, her father, Yousaf Khawaja also merits equal if not more respect for being the force behind her achievements. By the time she was 10 she had already climbed a nu
Selena Khawaja. File photo
ISLAMABAD: The mountaineering princess of Pakistan, 12-year-old Selena Khawaja, accompanied by her father Yousaf Khawaja, 61, is all set to attempt Broad Peak, a mountain in the Karakoram on the border of Pakistan and China, the twelfth-highest mountain in the world at 8,047 metres (26,401 ft) above sea level. If successful, it will make her set new world records making her the youngest person in the world to have summated an 8000ner.
Selena Khawaja, a young girl living in a small suburb of Abbottabad has been living with a single parent and somehow developed love for mountains and along with her father Yousaf Khawaja started climbing at the age of 6. While Selena deserves lots of accolades, as the mountaineering princess, her father, Yousaf Khawaja also merits equal if not more respect for being the force behind her achievements. By the time she was 10 she had already climbed a number of mountains with varying heights. Some of the peaks climbed during
June 28, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The mountaineering princess of Pakistan, 12-year-old Selena Khawaja, accompanied by her father Yousaf Khawaja, 61, is all set to attempt Broad Peak, a mountain in the Karakoram on the border of Pakistan and China, the twelfth-highest mountain in the world at 8,047 metres (26,401 ft) above sea level. If successful, it will make her set new world records making her the youngest person in the world to have summated an 8000ner.
Selena Khawaja, a young girl living in a small suburb of Abbottabad has been living with a single parent and somehow developed love for mountains and along with her father Yousaf Khawaja started climbing at the age of 6. While deservingly Selena deserves lots of accolades, as the mountaineering princess, her father, Yousaf Khawaja also merits equal if not more respect for being the force behind her achievements. By the time she was 10 she had already climbed a number of mountains with varying heights. Some of the peaks climbed during
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In this file photo, Muhammad Ali Sadpara is seen at the K2 summit in 2018. File
GILGIT: Sajid Ali Sadpara, the son of legendary mountaineer late Mohammad Ali Sadpara, and Canadian Filmmaker Elia Saikaly announced on Thursday to climb K2 for a ground search of the three missing climbers.
The missing climbers included Mohammad Ali Sadpara. They went missing during K2 winter expedition in February this year. “It’s time to announce that Elia Saikaly and I are going to K2 for a ground search of the three missing climbers of K2 winter expedition including my father Ali Sadpara. To find out what happened to them and possibility of his recovery. Need lots of prayers and good wishes,” Sajid tweeted.