ISLAMABAD – July 07 (ONLINE) Air operation of Pakistan Army is underway currently to rescue mountaineers Shehroze Kashif and Fazal Ali from Nanga Parbat’s camp 2, it emerged.
According to an Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) statement, Pakistan Army is set to airlift both the mountaineers.
The duo of mountaineers, reportedly, had gone missing after summiting Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain in the world at 8,126 metres, on Tuesday morning.
An ISPR statement on Thursday noon said an Army chopper and a Ground Search Team was working to recover the mountaineers.
ISPR said the mountaineers, however could not be rescued by the Air rescue team due to bad and challenging weather and excessive height, but the ground search team was getting closer to them.
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