Naseer Soomro
Naseer Soomro | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation | PIA employee in Customer Services Department |
| Height | 7 ft 9[1][2] in (236 cm) |
Naseer Soomro also known as Naseer Ahmad Soomro, is the world's tallest living Pakistani, with a height of seven feet and nine inches.[3][4][1][5][6] After Zia Rasheed with a height of eight feet, Soomro was considered as the second tallest man in the country until the former's death in 2024.
Biography
[edit]Naseer Soomro hails from Shikarpur District of Sindh, province of Pakistan.[7] He works as the Senior Passenger Handling Services Officer[8] in the Customer Services department of the Pakistan International Airlines as the national flag carrier.[9] In 2019, he was a victim of a death hoax.[10][11] Currently, he is suffering from chronic lung disease.[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Naseer Soomro - 7 feet 8.9 inches (236 cm)". thetallestman.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Tallest man elevates exercise". BBC News Online. 22 December 1999. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Naseer Soomro hospitalised". Dawn. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Stand up for your height". BBC News Online. 2 July 2001. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "World's tallest Pakistani Naseer Soomro battles respiratory illness". Samaa. 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Pakistan's second tallest man battling for his life at Karachi hospital". The Express Tribune. 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Pakistan's tallest man Naseer Soomro recovers after brief illness". ARY News. 3 January 2019.
- ^ Uddin, Salah (10 November 2021). "Pakistan's tallest man Naseer Soomro promoted in PIA". ARY News.
- ^ "Pakistan's tallest man Naseer Soomro recovers after brief illness". The News International. January 3, 2019.
- ^ "I am alive: Pakistan's second tallest man, Naseer Soomro, is victim of death hoax". The Express Tribune. 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Sindh to bear medical expenses of Pakistan's second tallest man". The Express Tribune. 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Sindh to bear all treatment expenses of Pakistan's second tallest man". Geo News. September 18, 2021.