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The Pakistani expedition on the 8,091m peak aimed to honour mountaineer Ali Sadpara and acknowledge local porters.

The four-member Pakistani team that successfully completed the Annapurna expedition. — Photo courtesy: Sirbaz Khan Instagram Overcoming “tons of snow” and a thunderstorm, climbers Sirbaz Khan and Muhammad Abdul Joshi became the first Pakistanis to summit the 8,091-metre Annapurna peak in Nepal on Friday. The Sirbaz-Joshi duo made the first summit push on April 13 but were unable to succeed as ropes could not be fixed. The second summit push on April 14 was again unsuccessful as the team r...