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Bhatti becomes the fourth Pakistani to conquer Mount Everest!

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KARACHI: Retired Lt. Col. of Pakistan Army Abdul Jabbar Bhatti has successfully conquered the 8848m high Mount Everest on Sunday (21st of May).

By completing the 45-day expedition – that cost him Rs. 5m – Jabbar Bhatti became the fourth Pakistani to have summitted the highest peak in the world.

Bhatti has earlier conquered Broad Peak (8,051m) in 1985; Gasherbrum 2 (8,035m) in 1986 and Spantik Peak (7,027m) in 2012.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.