World acclaimed Pakistani mountaineer Hassan Asad alias Hassan Sadpara died at the age of 63 on Monday after his battle with cancer. He was diagnosed with blood cancer on October 8, 2016. After a short stay at a private hospital in Rawalpindi, he was shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for treatment. Earlier on Sunday, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had provided financial assistance of 2.5 million rupees to his son. Hassan Asad, an adventurer from Sadpara village near Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan, was the first Pakistani to have climbed six eight-thousanders including the world’s highest peak Mount Everest (8848m) besides K2 (8611m), Gasherbrum I (8080m), Gasherbrum II (8034m), Nanga Parbat (8126 m) and Broad Peak (8051m). In June last year, he was awarded five million rupees cheque by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in recognition of his services for the promotion of mountaineering in the country.