Overview
- ISPR identified the dead as Captain Asmad, Sepoy Rizwan and machine operator Isa/Essa, confirming the deaths after evacuation.
- The snow slide hit around 2:00 a.m. on January 3 during an overnight effort to reopen the pass in Gilgit-Baltistan.
- Rescuers recovered four people from beneath the snow, with three later succumbing to their injuries.
- The operation aimed to maintain operational movement through the pass under severe winter conditions using heavy equipment in coordination with the Public Works Department.
- Burzil Pass is a strategically important yet weather-prone route that routinely requires intensive winter clearance.