SCO sponsors Samina Baig for attempt to climb K-2.

ISLAMABAD -- Special Communications Organization (SCO) is proud to sponsor 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. She will be 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. The 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.

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