{"id":19420,"date":"2026-08-20T23:26:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=19420"},"modified":"2026-08-20T23:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:26:04","slug":"pakistani-woman-mountaineer-asma-mu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2026\/08\/20\/pakistani-woman-mountaineer-asma-mu\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani Woman Mountaineer Asma Mushtaq Dies during Descent from Spantik Peak"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Pakistani Woman Mountaineer Asma Mushtaq Dies during Descent from Spantik Peak<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A Pakistani woman mountaineer died after suffering a medical emergency while descending Spantik Peak in the Karakoram mountain range, a trekking company said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued by Karakoram Calling Treks, Asma Mushtaq had successfully reached the 7,027-metre summit of Spantik, also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/everest_today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden Peak.<\/a> However, she developed a serious high-altitude medical condition at an elevation of around 6,400 metres while making her descent.<\/p>\n<p>Mushtaq had climbed the peak alongside her mountain guide, Akbar Ali, and was reportedly in good health when she reached the summit.<\/p>\n<p>After she fell ill, Akbar Ali and another expedition guide, Muhammad Amin, provided assistance as weather conditions deteriorated and the team faced difficult high-altitude conditions, the trekking company said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite all efforts and the assistance provided at the site, Asma Mushtaq could not survive,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<p>The trekking company added that its guides made every possible effort to protect and assist Mushtaq following the medical emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Spantik, also known as Golden Peak, stands at 7,027 metres in Pakistan\u2019s Gilgit-Baltistan region and is one of the prominent mountaineering destinations in the Karakoram.<\/p>\n<p>Mushtaq\u2019s death comes during Pakistan\u2019s summer climbing season, when climbers and trekkers from across the country and abroad attempt some of the world\u2019s highest and most challenging peaks.<\/p>\n<p>Karakoram Calling Treks expressed deep condolences to Mushtaq\u2019s family, friends and relatives and commended the guides for their efforts to assist her under extremely difficult weather and high-altitude conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistani Woman Mountaineer Asma Mushtaq Dies during Descent from Spantik Peak A Pakistani woman mountaineer died after suffering a medical emergency while descending Spantik Peak in the Karakoram mountain range, a trekking company said on Thursday. According to a statement issued by Karakoram Calling Treks, Asma Mushtaq had successfully reached the 7,027-metre summit of Spantik, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,2298,2305],"tags":[4027,4030,4028,4029],"class_list":["post-19420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","category-sports","tag-asma-mushtaq","tag-karakoram-mountains","tag-mountaineer","tag-spantik-peak"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19422,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19420\/revisions\/19422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}