Mountaineer Shehroze Kashif goes missing after Nanga Parbat summit

GILGIT: The young Pakistan mountaineer Shehroze Kashif, who summit Nanga Parbat in his latest expedition today, went missing as he lost contact with the track, his father revealed.

Shehroze, who became the youngest mountaineer to successfully summit the ninth highest peak in the world – Nanga Parbat, lost contact with the track on his way back from the mountain.

“Shehroze Kashif has lost contact with the track. It is a very challenging time for us,” Shehroze’s father stated.

“We were in touch with him through a tracker up to an altitude of 7350 feet. After that, there is no contact with Shehroze and his fellow mountaineer,” he added.

The father of the mountaineer then went to appeal to the government to start the rescue mission tomorrow morning.

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