Raminji or Raminj or Khairabad Raminj is a village in the Chipursan Valley of Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
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| Coordinates: 36°45′14″N 74°42′25″E / 36.754°N 74.707°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Territory | Gilgit Baltistan |
| Population | |
• Total | 35 households |
Politics
editNazir Sabir, the famed Pakistani mountaineer who summitted Everest and K2, was born in Raminji in the Chipursan valley.[1] He began his political career from Shrine of Baba Ghundi and was elected to the Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly.
References
edit- ^ "American Alpine Club honours Nazir Sabir". DAWN. March 3, 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
Born in Raminj village in the remote Chipursan Valley of Gojal, northern Hunza, Nazir Sabir started his climbing career with a Japanese expedition to the 7,284 metre high Passu peak in Gojal in 1974.