Mountaineer trapped at Nanga Parbat reaches base camp after being rescued

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - Asif Bhatti, the mountaineer who was trapped at Nanga Parbat due to bad weather, was rescued and shifted to the base camp on Tuesday.

According to sources, Asif Bhatti was helped by his friend from Azerbaijan.

APP adds: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had 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.

Shehbaz Sharif instructed the Chief Secretary Gilgit Baltistan to contact Asif Bhatti’s son and assure him of immediate measures for the stuck up climber’s rescue.