Overview

• Accelerated glacial retreat in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan exposed a well-preserved body in the Lady Meadows area of Palas after nearly 28 years under ice.
• Local trekker Umar Khan and friends discovered the remains while crossing a melting glacier and alerted Kohistan District Police to the find.
• Identification relied on a national identity card recovered from the victim’s pocket and was officially confirmed by authorities.
• Police Officer Amjad Hussain stated that Naseer Uddin likely died in 1997 after falling into a crevasse during a snowstorm in Supat Valley.
• Officials have notified Uddin’s family and are coordinating the retrieval and repatriation of his remains from the glacier site.