In a message of felicitation, the President lauding the will and determination of Samina Baig said that Samina Baig has made the nation proud and has earned laurels for the country by becoming the first Pakistani women to scale Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 meters.
He said that the whole nation was proud of the young lady mountaineer for her historic achievement and also for introducing Pakistani women as a symbol of talent and great potential.
Congratulating the women of the country and indeed the entire nation on the achievement, the President expressed confidence that the young Samina Baig will be followed as role model by women of the country and that her gigantic achievement will ignite zeal in women folk of Pakistan.
While paying glowing tribute to the two young Pakistani mountaineers from Gilgit Baltistan, Samina Baig (21) and Mirza Ali (29), the President termed the youth a great future asset of the country and said that Pakistani is a talented nation with all the potential to rise in every field of life and urged for the proper grooming and guiding of the talent of Pakistanis especially the youth and women of the county to maximize its true potential.
The President expressed hope that both Samina Baig and her brother Mirza Ali would continue to work hard and keep the flag of the country flying high in the world of mountaineering.