Special Communications Organization (SCO) has reappointed Miss Samina Baig as its Brand Ambassador. The signing ceremony was held at HQ SCO Rawalpindi where Maj General Ali Farhan HI (M), DG SCO, and other officials of SCO were present.
Samina Baig is a Pakistani high-altitude mountaineer. Born in Gilgit-Baltistan, she became the first Muslim Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest and the seven summits at the young age of 21. Samina Baig is engaged with SCO for the last 4 years and is involved in promoting SCO initiatives in Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
SCO recently agreed to support Samina Baig’s K2 expedition for June 2021. She will become the first Pakistani woman to carry Pakistan’s flag to the summit of 8,611 meters high peak. This initiative will promote women’s empowerment and also raise awareness about global warming and climate change.
During the ceremony, SCO and Samina Baig paid tribute to Muhammad Ali Sadpara, the mountaineer who disappeared attempting to become the first Pakistani to scale the ‘Killer Mountain’ in winter.
Commenting on the said incident she said, “Mountaineering has always been regarded as a merciless endeavor and supreme test of human endurance. My spirits are high and I seek prayers of my well-wishers for accomplishing this challenge.”
SCO pledges to support the people of AJ&K and GB by recognizing these children of the mountains.
Good to know that.