Naseer Soomro Explained

Naseer Soomro
Birth Place:Shikarpur District, Sindh, Pakistan
Height Ft:7
Height In:9[1]
Occupation:PIA employee in Customer Services Department

Naseer Soomro also known as Naseer Ahmad Soomro, is the world's tallest living Pakistani, with a height of seven feet and nine inches.[2] [3] [4] [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.[7]

Biography

Naseer Soomro hails from Shikarpur District of Sindh, province of Pakistan.[8] He works as the Senior Passenger Handling Services Officer[9] in the Customer Services department of the Pakistan International Airlines as the national flag carrier.[10] In 1999, he visited Taiwan's city Taichung for spending four months there as sporting ambassador. In 2019, he was a victim of a death hoax.[11] [12] Currently, he is suffering from chronic lung disease.[13]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Tallest man elevates exercise . 17 November 2024 . . 22 December 1999.
  2. News: Naseer Soomro hospitalised . 17 November 2024 . . 21 December 2018.
  3. News: Stand up for your height . 17 November 2024 . BBC News Online . 2 July 2001.
  4. Web site: Naseer Soomro - 7 feet 8.9 inches (236 cm) . thetallestman.com. 17 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120504003709/http://www.thetallestman.com/naseersoomro.htm. 4 May 2012 . usurped.
  5. News: World's tallest Pakistani Naseer Soomro battles respiratory illness . Samaa . 30 December 2023.
  6. News: Pakistan's second tallest man battling for his life at Karachi hospital . The Express Tribune . 20 December 2018 . en.
  7. News: Pakistan’s tallest man alive Naseer Soomro admitted to hospital, 24 hrs crucial . 19 November 2024 . . 20 December 2018.
  8. News: Pakistan's tallest man Naseer Soomro recovers after brief illness . ARY News . 3 January 2019.
  9. News: Uddin . Salah . Pakistan's tallest man Naseer Soomro promoted in PIA . ARY News . 10 November 2021.
  10. News: Pakistan's tallest man Naseer Soomro recovers after brief illness . The News International . January 3, 2019 . en.
  11. News: I am alive: Pakistan's second tallest man, Naseer Soomro, is victim of death hoax . The Express Tribune . 11 July 2019 . en.
  12. News: Sindh to bear medical expenses of Pakistan's second tallest man . The Express Tribune . 18 September 2021 . en.
  13. News: Sindh to bear all treatment expenses of Pakistan's second tallest man . Geo News . September 18, 2021 . en.

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