ISLAMABAD (PRESS RELEASE)
– Communication Facilities Extended to Distant Askole in GB
– Base Camp of four Mountain Peaks including that of K-2 gets mobile service ; SCO
– Mountaineers appreciate SCO for linking Askole, base Camp of K-2 and three other peaks with mobile services
– SCO reaching far flung mountaineers’ base camp in Baltistan
Askole of Shigar Valley (GB) is located in a remote region of the Karakoram Mountains at a height of 10,000 ft. It is the final settlement before one enters the wilderness of the Karakorum and acts as base camp to four of the world’s 14 highest peaks including that of K-2. The area was provided mobile service by Special Communication Organization today.
Setting up of mobile service in Askole, is an honor for us to serve the unserved areas no matter what efforts are required, said Major General Ali Farhan HI(M) while inaugurating the service. He reiterated that we shall make all out efforts to support tourism by reaching all the remote areas of the region.
A large no of local people were present in Askole at the commencement of SCOM service.