Naseer Soomro | |
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Occupation | PIA employee in Customer Services Department |
Height | 7 ft 9 [1] 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. [2] [3] [4] [5] 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. [6] [7]
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. [1] In 2019, he was a victim of a death hoax. [6] [11] Currently, he is suffering from chronic lung disease. [12]
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