Nazia Parveen

Nazia Parveen is a Pakistani rock climber and the first rock climber from the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas. She holds an MPhil in International Relations from the National Defence University in Islamabad. She was introduced to climbing at a co-ed event in the Margalla Hills in March 2010, joined the Adventure Club of Pakistan a year later and in 2014 became the first woman from Pakistan to enter international rock climbing competitions. By 2014 she had won 28 consecutive competitions, in four of which she beat the men, and by 2016 the run had reached 32. She set a record at the 5th Pakistan Open Climbing Competition in March 2011, was named in The News Women Power 50 in 2017 and is listed in the Pakistan Book of Records. She also runs two clubs near Islamabad where she trains women, and has said that rock climbing should be added to the games recognised by the Pakistan Sports Board. The account here rests on her English Wikipedia article alone.