Pakistan, May 24 -- Naila Kiani reached the summit of Kanchenjunga at 6:30am local time, becoming Pakistan's leading female mountaineer with 12 'eight-thousanders' to her name

The Dubai-based Pakistani climber stands on the threshold of joining a global elite of only 17 women who have conquered all 14 peaks above 8,000-meter height

Dubai-based Pakistani mountaineer Naila Kiani has scaled 8,586-meter-high Kanchenjunga, the tallest peak in India, her organizer said on Friday, as the climber posed with a Pakistani flag at the summit. Kiani has become the first Pakistani woman to scale 12 of the world's 14 peaks above the height of 8,000 meters, according to Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP), which arranges various expeditions. Kiani, who stand...