Mirza Ali becomes first Pakistani to scale seven summits.

GILGIT -- 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...

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