Pakistan felicitates Nepalese team on scaling K-2 in winter.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan yesterday felicitated the team of Nepalese mountaineers on making a history by scaling the summit of K-2, the world's second highest mountain, in winter. Calling the expedition as 'one of the most coveted achievements in mountaineering,' Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudri wished the climbers a safe return from the peak. 'Pakistan: The ultimate destination of mountaineering,' the spokesperson remarked on Twitter. The history makers included Nirmal Purja, Mingma David Sherpa, Mingma Tenzi Sherpa, Geljen Sherpa, Pem...

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