A 10-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl has claimed a world record for being the youngest ever person to scale a 7,000m peak and now intends to climb Mount Everest.

Selena Khawaja's conquest of 7,027m (23,054ft) Spantik in the Karakoram range last month comes only two-and-a-half years after she first started leisurely walks in the mountains with her father.

Her climbing exploits have seen her nicknamed 'Mountain Princess' in Pakistan's media. Driven on by her father as expedition companion, she now intends to become the youngest person ever to climb to the roof of the world.

Her young age means she has more than two-and-a-half years left to beat the current Everest record, but aims to make an attempt next summer if she can get funding.

“I like the views better than anything,” Selena explained to the Telegraph at her home in Abbottabad, in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.