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Mr. Nisar Hussain (Late)

Honor: Medal of Honor (posthumous)

Department: Sports (Mountaineering)

Mr. Nisar Hussain has the unique honor of climbing all the five mountains of Pakistan out of the total fourteen mountains of the world above 8000 meters. In 1996, he accomplished the first feat of climbing the mountain. When you reached Sia Kangri (4227 m). In 1999, he accompanied the Korean team to climb Gasherbrum II (8035 meters). In 2000, he once again accompanied the Korean expedition and reached the summit of Broad Peak. In 2003, he summited Gasherbrum II (8035m) and Gasherbrum I (8065m) in a 24-day period with the Korean Expedition. He was selected by Alpine Club Pakistan for the China-Pakistan joint expedition to summit K-2 (8611 m). He proudly hoisted the national flag of Pakistan on the second major peak of Pakistan. In 2008, he summited Nanga Parbat from the side of Diamer with the German expedition and thus became the third Pakistani mountaineer to climb all Pakistani peaks above 8000 meters. In the summer of 2011, he attempted to climb the urban jump ie Gasherbrum I (8068 m), Gasherbrum II (8035 m) and K2 (6118 m) simultaneously. Formed a team together. He summited both Gashe Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I along with other international climbers. With a new route on the south face, he chose to be the first Pakistani to climb this difficult peak in winter, as a partner of Gerfried Goshal in a winter expedition to reach the summit of Kater Brim. He was last seen below the summit of Gator Brim 1 on the fateful day of March 9, 2012, along with Gerfried Goschel and Swiss mountaineer Cedric Pehlen, at twelve o'clock when he was disappeared along with his teammates and later. After a search, he was declared missing near the peak.

In recognition of his outstanding performance in the field of sports (mountaineering), the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has awarded the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Posthumously) to the late Mr. Nisar Hussain.