Everest

Col (retd) Abdul Jabbar Bhatti has already conquered the Broad Peak, Gasherbrum II and Spantik Peak

The two men were near the summit of the 8,848-metre mountain when they lost contact with the rest of their team

At least 289 climbers and their guides are in different high camps waiting to become the first to scale the peak

'I want to tell the women in Pakistan that if I can climb mountains, they can climb their own mountains'

The government is also mulling issuing permits only to climbers who first scale another mountain above 6,500 metres

The April disaster saw hundreds of climbers abandon their bids to ascend the 8,848-metre peak

Seeks to conquer Everest alone for the first time since 18 people were killed in April

A PIA spokesman says the airline has already transported 32,800 Hajj pilgrims to Jeddah in the last 10 days.