Mountaineering is one of the most difficult sports - we are away from routine life for days, living in tents, and it requires high degree of physical and mental strength.

My most cherished desire is to help our women come out of their routine chores and infuse in them the indefatigable spirit of adventure.

I was thinking about the women of Pakistan, those who are not allowed to get education, those who are not allowed to do whatever they want to do in their life. I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.

I say that Pakistanis should not consider girls as weaklings.

People want to come to Pakistan but are not given visas. We wish for visas to be given to those people who want to come to Pakistan.

Chashkin Sar was virgin, and we climbed it for the first time, and afterwards, the people renamed it as Samina Baig.