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Bad weather halts recovery of mountaineer Asma’s body
federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar claimed that the rescue party sent to retrieve the body of Dr Asma from Spantik Mountain in the Karakoram range had to return owing to bad weather circumstances.
The team was close to near Camp-3 when heavy snowfall and strong winds forced it back to Camp-2, the minister stated in a post on social media platform X.
High altitude porters were supposed to reach Camp-3 and bring down the body to the base camp but inclement weather delayed the retrieval operation.
A helicopter had been given permission and the Gilgit-Baltistan administration and FCNA had established cooperation, while other plans were also in place, Tarar said.
“We will do whatever can be done in these circumstances,” he was quoted as saying.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was being kept updated on the situation, the minister said.