ISLAMABAD, May 22 (Xinhua) -- A retired colonel from Pakistani army, Abdul Jabbar Bhatti, became the fourth person in the country to conquer the world's highest peak Mount Qomolangma, local media reported Monday.
State TV channel PTV reported that Abdul Jabbar Bhatti scaled Mount Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West, at 01:45 local time on Sunday.
Talking to Xinhua, Asif Bhatti, a mountaineer, who had accompanied Abdul Jabbar Bhatti in several previous expeditions, said the former army officer and his sherpa (local helper) got stuck at the mountain while descending to the base camp on Sunday night, and both of them were in bad condition.
He said that the ex-officer is out of danger now and is being brought to the base camp as seven sherpas were dispatched from the base camp to rescue him.
"Once he reached at the base camp, he will be airlifted to Kathmandu hospital," Asif said.
Abdul Jabbar Bhatti is an accomplished mountaineer and a past recipient of the President's Pride of Performance award.
The other three Pakistanis to scale Mount Qomolangma included a woman and two men from the country's north Gilgit Baltistan area.
