HUNZA: Famous mountaineer Mirza Ali has become the first Pakistani to scale seven summits in seven continents after successfully climbing Mount Everest on Wednesday.
According to the Alpine Club Pakistan, Ali achieved the feat at 2:16am to become the first Pakistani to climb seven summits in seven continents.
Mirza Ali was survived a deadly avalanche triggered on Mount Everest by the massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck Nepal on 25 April 2015, claiming over 3,500 lives.
Mirza Ali is the brother of mountain climber Samina Baig, the first Pakistani woman to summit Mount Everest (2013) as well as other highest mountains on each of the seven continents of the world – an achievement she accomplished last year. Mirza accompanied his sister during these mountaineering feats.
Col (retd) Abdul Jabbar Bhatti is the fourth Pakistani to successfully scale Mount Everest. He achieved this remarkable feat in May 2017.The other Pakistanis Nazir Sabir, Hassan Sadpara and to climb Mount Everest belong to the Gilgit-Baltistan region.