Islamabad (Web Desk): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed the Gilgit-Baltistan and Army authorities to immediately rescue mountaineer Asif Bhatti who reportedly got trapped at 7500 meters height while scaling the 8,126-meter Nanga Parbat peak.
The directives came after the mountaineer’s son appealed to the prime minister on social media for safe evacuation of his stranded father.
PM Shehbaz instructed the Gilgit Baltistan chief secretary to contact Asif Bhatti's son and assure him of immediate measures for the stuck up climber’s rescue.
Asif Bhatti is stranded at the 8,126-metre-tall Nanga Parbat, the ninth-highest mountain in the world, due to snow blindness, the Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) said on Monday.
“He is stuck at camp 4, at an altitude of 7,500-8,000m, with snow blindness and needs help,” ACP Secretary General Karrar Haidri said.
Bhatti, who is a university professor from Islamabad, was proceeding to the final summit of the peak when he got stranded.
