GILGIT – The Gilgit-Baltistan cabinet on Tuesday decided to set up a mountaineering school in order to pay tribute to Pakistan’s greatest climber Ali Sadpara.
Sharing the details about the rock climbing institute, the Gilgit Baltistan spokesperson tweeted that the provincial government is set to establish a mountaineering school in the memory of Pakistan’s national hero.
Ali Taj also mentioned that son of the late mountaineer, Sajid Sadpara will be employed in the memorial school.
GB cabinet pays richest tribute & homage to our national hero Ali Sadpara.
GB Govt announced:-
▪︎Ali Sadpara Mountaineering School
▪︎30-Lac Rupees for Ali Sadpara’s Family
▪︎Training & Induction of Sajid Sadpara in above mentioned school
▪︎Highest Civil Award for Ali pic.twitter.com/Zqq9LxplyM— Ali Taj (@iAliTajGB) February 23, 2021
In addition to this, the government has also announced Rs 3 million for Ali Sadpara’s family. The late mountaineer has also been named to get Pakistan’s highest civilian award.
K2WinterExpedition – Search operations fail to locate Ali Sadpara, other mountaineers
Earlier on Feb 18, Ali Sadpara was declared dead along with two foreign mountaineers after they went missing during their K2 winter expedition.
K2Winter2021 – Pakistan s Ali Sadpara, Iceland s John Snorri and Chile s Juan Pablo declared dead
The missing hikers were last seen on February 5 near the Bottleneck on the savage mountain as they attempted to reach the summit of the savage mountain.
Later, bad weather thwarted multiple search missions for the missing climbers, though the efforts continued for several days.
Ali Sadpara and his son become first Pakistanis to scale K2 in winters
