Abdul Jabbar Bhatti

Abdul Jabbar Bhatti is a Pakistani mountaineer and the former military officer who served in the Pakistani Army until he retired as lieutenant colonel. In 1985, he climbed Broad Peak, in 1986 Gasherbrum II, and later in 2012, he climbed Spantik.[1][2] In 2017, he became the fourth Pakistani citizen,[3] first oldest Pakistani climber, and the first mountaineer from Punjab to climb the Mount Everest.

Abdul Jabbar Bhatti
Personal information
BornPunjab, Pakistan
OccupationMountain climber, Physician
Climbing career
Type of climberMountaineering
Highest gradeBroad Peak (8051 mtrs)
Known forFourth Pakistani mountain climber, first oldest Pakistani climber, and the first mountaineer from Punjab to climb the Mount Everest
First ascentsBroad Peak (1985)
Major ascents
Updated on 20 November 2020.

Before climbing the Mount Everest, he went to France where he received mountaineering training from the National School of Mountaineering (ENSA).[4][5] The recipient of military and civil awards, including the Pride of Performance, he was last seen climbing Mount Everest in 2017 which he completed in ninety days.[6] He is a member of Ahmadiyya Community.

Awards and accolades
Year Award Category Result Ref.
N/A Pride of Performance Sports Won [7][8]
N/A Tamgha-e-Basalat Military [9]
2018 Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Sports [10][11]

References
  1. Naseer, APP | Tahir (1 June 2017). "Pakistani mountaineer returns after conquering Everest". DAWN.COM.
  2. "Abdul Jabbar Bhatti becomes 4th Pakistani to summit Mount Everest". The Nation. 22 May 2017.
  3. "Fourth Pakistani to scale Mount Everest rescued". www.geo.tv.
  4. "Visit by Col Abdul Jabbar Bhatti, the Mountaineer". cch.edu.pk.
  5. "'اتنی بلندی پر سو کر کبھی کوئی اُٹھا نہیں'" – via www.bbc.com.
  6. "Ex-Pakistan Army officer conquers Mount Everest | SAMAA". Samaa TV.
  7. www.webspider.pk, Web Spider (pvt) Ltd. "Endurance at Everest". hilal.gov.pk.
  8. "Ex-army officer becomes fourth Pakistani to scale Everest". The Express Tribune. 21 May 2017.
  9. "Faces of Pakistan". The Nation. 19 August 2017.
  10. "PID". pid.gov.pk.
  11. "141 to get civil awards on Yaum-i-Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 16 March 2018.
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