Sadpara, Naila launch Everest summit push.

GILGIT -- Pakistani mouAntaineers Sajid Ali SadApara and Naila Kiani started their journey towards the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, on Saturday evening, aiming to reach the top by Sunday.

If everything goes well, the two climbers who are ascending the mountain separately will be at the top of the mountain this morning.

Sajid Sadpara, the son of the legendary mountaineer late Muhammad Ali Sadpara, reached Camp 4 on Saturday and started his summit push in the evening. Karar Haidri, general secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, told Dawn that Mr Sadpara will be the first Pakistani to summit the world's tallest mountain without additional oxygen and sherpa support.

Mr Sadpara has already summited several high peaks, including K2 (8,611m), Gasherbrum-I (8,080m), and GasherAbrAum-II (8,035m) in PakisAtan, as well as Manaslu (8,163m) in Nepal, without supplemental oxygen. His ultimate goal is to climb all 14 eight-thousanders without the aid of...