Nanga Parbat Nanga Parbat Nanga Parbat (Urdu: ), locally known as Diamer (), is the ninth highest mountain in the world at above sea level. Located in the Diamer District of Pakistan’s Gilgit Baltistan region, Nanga Parbat is the western anchor of the Himalayas. The name Nanga Parbat is derived from the Sanskrit words "nagna" and "parvata" which together mean "Naked Mountain". The mountain is locally known by its Tibetan name "Diamer" or "Deo Mir", meaning "huge mountain". Nanga Parbat is one of the eight-thousanders. An immense, dramatic peak rising far above its surrounding terrain, Nanga Parbat is also a notoriously difficult
2013 Nanga Parbat massacre up four different cases to give an impression that all the perpetrators have been arrested but the real perpetrators are still at large", he said. On February 27, 2015, four inmates made an attempt to escape the Gilgit district jail. Of the two who managed to flee, one was alleged to have been involved in the Nanga Parbat tourist shooting incident. Security agencies started an operation to capture the escapees but the escaped inmates had not been captured. A reward of Rs. 2 million was also announced by the Gilgit Baltistan Home Secretary, Sibtain Ahmed, for people who helped the