Nazir Sabir
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Nazir Sabir is a Pakistani climber. He was born in Ramanji a small hamlet in Chiporsun, upper Hunza known as Gojal. He is the only Pakistani to have climbed Mount Everest and four of the five 8000m peaks in Pakistan, including the world’s second highest peak K2 in 1981, Gasherbrum II and Broad Peak in 1982.He climbed Everest on May 17, 2000.
Presently he is heads the Alpine Club of Pakistan, which trains and prepares men and women from all around Pakistan to become climbers. Despite his business as a tour operator, Nazir Sabir has remained a member of the Northern Areas Legislative Council and Education Advisor of the administration of the Northern Areas of Pakistan. After the abolution of the Hunza State in 1974, for the first time he defeated the last Mir of Hunza’s son Ghanzanfer Ali Khan.
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