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Naseer Soomro
Pakistani giant (c.1970 – 2025) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Naseer Ahmad Soomro (Urdu: نصیر احمد سومرو; 1969 or 1970 – 17 March 2025), was at one point the tallest living Pakistani, standing at 2.36 m (7 ft 9 in).[2][3][4][5] After Zia Rasheed with a height of eight feet, Soomro was considered to be the second tallest man in the country until the former's death in 2024.[6][7]
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Biography
Naseer Soomro belonged to Shikarpur District of Sindh, province of Pakistan.[8] He worked as the Senior Passenger Handling Services Officer[9] in the Customer Services department of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) as the national flag carrier.[10]
In December 1999, he arrived in Taichung, Taiwan, spending four months in the Guinness Book of World Records Museum as a sporting ambassador.[1] He also went to the capital city Taipei where he met Lin Yü-chih, who is among the shortest living men in the world.[11] In 2019, he was a victim of a death hoax.[6][12] He suffered from chronic lung disease.[13]
At the age of around 55, Soomro died due to lung disease on 17 March 2025 in Shikarpur.[14][15]
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