Naila Kiani
Pakistani mountaineer
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| May 2025 | Climbed Kangchenjunga (8,586 metres), the world's third-tallest mountain, located in Nepal. |
| May 2024 | Climbed Makalu (8,485 metres), the world's fifth-tallest mountain, located in Nepal. |
| March 2024 | Naila Kiani received the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, the highest civilian honour awarded to a female athlete in Pakistan, from the President of Pakistan. She is the first and only female athlete to receive this prestigious award. |
| October 2023 | Became the first Pakistani woman to summit Cho Oyu (8,188 metres), the world's sixth-highest peak. |
| October 2023 | Survived an avalanche near the summit of Shishapangma peak in Tibet with Sirbaz Khan, ultimately calling off their ascent. |
| September 2023 | Became the first Pakistani woman to climb Manaslu peak (8,163 metres) in Nepal, the world's eighth-highest mountain. |
| July 2023 | Became the first Pakistani woman to summit Broad Peak (8,051 metres), the world's 12th highest peak, and the first Pakistani woman to climb all five of Pakistan's eight-thousanders. |
| July 2023 | Became the first Pakistani woman to summit Nanga Parbat (8,125 metres), the world's ninth-highest peak. |
| May 2023 | Became the first Pakistani woman to successfully climb Mount Lhotse (8,516 metres), the world's 4th highest peak, just two days after climbing Everest. |
| May 2023 | Became the second Pakistani woman to climb Mount Everest (8,848 metres). |
| April 2023 | Became the first Pakistani woman to scale Annapurna (8,091 metres), the world's 10th highest mountain located in Nepal. |
| August 2022 | Reached the peak of Gasherbrum I (8,080 metres), becoming part of the first Pakistani team to climb another mountain immediately after K2. |
| July 2022 | Became one of only two Pakistani women to successfully climb K2, the world's second-highest mountain at 8,611 metres. |
| July 2021 | Became the first Pakistani female mountaineer to ascend Gasherbrum II (8,035 metres), marking her first 8,000-metre peak climb in Pakistan. |
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