Tag: summit
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Three Arab countries refuse to cut off economic ties with Israel
Saudi Arabia hosted an Arab-Islamic summit on Saturday, calling to end Israeli attacks on Gaza and rejecting the justification of Israel’s actions against Palestinians as self-defence. The summit also asserted that Israel end the siege of Gaza and allow humanitarian aid into the enclave, ceasing arms exports to Israel. It further insisted that the United…
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New record: Naila Kayani scales all five ‘8,000 m’ peaks in Pakistan
Naila Kayani, a female mountaineer from Pakistan, has successfully climbed all five of Pakistan’s ‘8000 m’ peaks. She successfully summited the 12th highest peak in the world, Broad Peak, today [Thursday]. After successfully climbing the 8,051 meters high Broad Peak today, Kayani has become the first Pakistani woman to achieve this feat. Naila Kayani hails…
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PM Shehbaz arrives in Kazakhstan to attend CICA summit
Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Kazakhstan on Wednesday to attend the two-day 6th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Current (@thecurrentpk) Before leaving, Shehbaz Sharif tweeted, “I believe CICA is capable of shaping a new configuration…
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Aik aur language: Shehbaz interacts with diplomats in Tajiki
Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday, September 15, reached Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to attend the annual meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) Council of Heads of State (CHS) during a two-day visit. Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif are also accompanying the premier. Uzbekistan PM Abdulla…
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Shehroz Kashif summits 8000 meters Manaslu in Nepal
Pakistani climber, Shehroz Kashif summited 8000 meters Manaslu in Nepal, the world’s eighth highest peak on Saturday morning. Shahrooz Kashif climbed the 8163-meter-high Manaslu peak, the fourth peak of his career. Shehroz Kashif has climbed the third consecutive peak in the last five months at an altitude of over 8,000 meters — setting a record…
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Rescue operation starts for three mountaineers stranded on Rakaposhi
Helicopters sent to rescue three mountaineers stranded on the Rakaposhi mountain of the Karakoram mountain range arrived in Hunza on Sunday and an operation to bring them back is underway, Geo News reported. As per reports, the three mountaineers include a Pakistani climber Wajidullah Nagri and Czech Republic mountaineers Jakub Vicek and Peter Macek. According…
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Political leaders laud Shehroze Kashif for becoming youngest person to summit Mount Everest
Shehroze Kashif on Tuesday became the youngest person to summit the world’s highest mountain above sea level, Mount Everest. As per details, 19-year-old Kashif climbed Mount Everest at 5:05 am on May 11 and hoisted the Pakistani flag on an 8,849-metre high mountain peak. Following his feat, several political leaders including Minister for Information and…
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19-year-old becomes youngest Pakistani to summit Mount Everest
A 19-year-old Pakistani, Shehroze Kashif has become the youngest person to summit the world’s highest mountain above sea level, Mount Everest. As per reports, Kashif hoisted the Pakistani flag on an 8,849-metre high mountain peak. He climbed Mount Everest at 5:05 am this morning. Kashif is the fifth Pakistani to summit the peak and has…