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Sheharyar Shahnawaz
Haleema Zahid was an "amazing lady", said her former colleague Sheharyar Shahnawaz (right)
Two sisters who died in mountain pools in Eryri both drowned, an inquest has heard.
Hajra Zahid, 29, and 25-year-old Haleema Zahid were pulled from the water at the Watkin Pools in the Nant Gwynant area of Gwynedd last week.
A brief hearing in Caernarfon on Wednesday was told both women had travelled to the north Wales national park, also known as Snowdonia, with university friends.
The inquest was adjourned while further investigations take place.
The sisters were students at the University of Chester and the institution previously said they had "touched the lives of many" since starting master's degrees in international business earlier this year.
A former colleague of Haleema Zahid at a telecommunications company in Islamabad, Pakistan, said in a tribute that she was "an exceptionally compassionate, hardworking and kind individual".
Dr Bilal Saeed added she had "touched the lives of many with her warmth, professionalism and unwavering dedication".
Ms Zahid had left the firm to pursue higher education in the UK, he added.
Sheharyar Shahnawaz, another ex-colleague, said Haleema Zahid was an "amazing lady, very lively and energetic, someone you would want in your life".
He said that she became the pillar of her family after the death of her father last year and he had seen her just before she left for the UK when she told him she was "really excited for this new chapter".
