Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved conferment of the national civil award Sitara-e-Imtiaz on renowned mountaineer Naila Kiani in recognition of her achievement of successfully summiting the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest.

The Prime Minister’s Office has issued a notification this regard.

Naila Kiani is the second Pakistani woman to summit Mount Everest, after Samina Baig who summited the peak in 2013.

Source: Radio Pakistan