ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed the Gilgit-Baltistan and army authorities to immediately rescue mountaineer Asif Bhatti who reportedly got trapped at 7,500 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 so-cial media for safe evacuation of his stranded father.
Shehbaz Sharif instructed the Gilgit Baltistan chief secretary to contact Asif Bhatti’s son and assure him of immediate measures for the climber’s rescue. –Agencies
