GB govt to honor Ali Sadpara by establishing mountaineering school
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan government will set up the Ali Sadpara Mountaineering School to honor one of the country’s greatest climbers who was declared dead by his family a few days ago. GB government spokesperson Ali Taj said Ali Sadpara’s son Sajid will be employed in the school that will be set up in his memory. The cabinet, which approved the establishment of the school, agreed to put forward Muhammad Ali Sadpara’s name to the Government of Pakistan for the country’s highest civil award. They have also agreed to provide Rs3 million to the deceased climber’s widow. Pakistani climber declared dead by family Last week, the family of Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara declared him and two other missing foreign climbers dead. “I will keep my father’s mission alive and fulfil his dream,” he said. He also thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan, Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and the courageous pilots of the Askari Aviation for conducting a thorough search and rescue