The Pak Army rescued a Russian mountaineer from Gasherbrum IV in Karakoram, Baltoro Muztagh range on Wednesday who went missing along with another mountaineer a day earlier, an official said.

Deputy Commissioner of Shigar Wali Ullah Falahi said that an Army helicopter carried out the operation and moved the rescued mountaineer to Skardu in Gilgit Baltistan while an operation was underway to rescue the other.

Gasherbrum IV, surveyed as K3, is the 17th highest mountain on Earth and 6th highest in Pakistan with a height of 7,925 metres or 26, 001 feet. The two mountaineers were on a mission to scale the mountain when they went missing.