Avalanche traps about 150 Pakistani soldiers

[Maira Butt]

Bodies of three shaheed soldiers have been recovered and identified. Bodies have been recovered from check post of gayari camp.

Body of 1st Soldier recovered is identified as :Sepoy Muhammad Hussain S/O Muhammad Ali, Army No: 2862641 Village : Stakchan, P/O : Kachura, Teh : Skardu

Body of 2nd shaheed Soldier recovered is identified as: Sepoy Rashid Hussain S/O Muhammad Riaz Khan Village : Pattan Sher Khan, P/O: Mong, Teh: Palandri, Dist: Sudhnoti (AK)

Body of 3rd shaheed Soldier recovered is identified as: Sepoy Ilyas Ali S/O Ali Muhammad, Village: Khar Kolahar, P/O : Dagahoni, District: Ghanche

 

[Safriz]

 

[Safriz]

A video compilation of Siachen Gayari search operation.

 

[deckingraj]

Why the burial is happening there...I mean won't they hand them over to their family members??

 

[Fieldmarshal]

Why the burial is happening there...I mean won't they hand them over to their family members??

That is the village of the shaheed soldier. hence hes being buried their.

 

[Safriz]

BBC News - Pakistan declares Siachen avalanche buried dead

Pakistan has declared 129 soldiers and 11 civilians dead, seven weeks after a massive avalanche in the disputed Kashmir region buried an army camp.

On 7 April 21m (70ft) of snow engulfed a military camp in Gayari near the Siachen Glacier.

The announcement that those buried are "martyrs" comes days after the first body from the avalanche was dug out.

 

[Jango]

2 more soldiers have died in another Avalanche, AAJ news reported.

In a separate sector.

 

[Tiger Awan]

Picture outside GHQ showing all the Shuhadas of this Tragedy

sorry for the quality. I was driving

 

[Maira Butt]

1 ---At least two soldiers of the Pakistan Army have been martyred in land slinding in Chorbat sector of Siachen. Incident took place today early in the morning. and efforts are underway to recover the bodies.

2 --And the soldiers buried in snow for 52 days at Gayari sector have been officially pronounced martyrs. May Allah give strength to the bereaved. Here is the link of ARY's special transmission about gayari shuhuda. ARYNews Bulletin: Gayari sector at 12:00 - YouTube

 

[Arsalan]

Here you go VCheng,

Pak Army declared Siachen avalanche victims as 'martyrs'
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army said that given the improbability of recovering anyone alive, and after consulting religious leaders, it has been decided to declare brave soldiers as shuhada (martyrs) to try to reduce the families suffering.

Through rescue workers untiring efforts, bodies of three soldiers have been recovered, so far.

According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army has declared all the victims of Gayari sector as martyrs, as nature and magnitude of the calamity is suggestive of no probability of recovering any one alive.

Fifty-two days have passed since the tragic incident of Gayari took place and bodies of three martyrs were found during operation. Notwithstanding the resolve of troops employed on search operations, excavation work is taking time due to constraints imposed by terrain and weather, the statement stated.

In this backdrop, religious scholars from all sects and factions were consulted. Aspects related to socio-religious dimensions / implications, requirements to initiate the process of documentation, and reduction of the sufferings of the bereaved families have been evaluated in detail.

Therefore, it was decided to declare the remaining brave soldiers as "Shuhada". This is being done with mixed feelings of pride, grief and above all unflinching resolve to continue efforts to recover the remaining bodies.

May the Souls of departed, rest in peace! Ameen!

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Why the burial is happening there...I mean won't they hand them over to their family members??

OBVIOUSLY the family is there, man!

you can clearly see that there are civilians here as well.....likely they are just not in the picture when it was snapped

Why the burial is happening there...I mean won't they hand them over to their family members??

OBVIOUSLY the family is there, man!

you can clearly see that there are civilians here as well.....likely they are just not in the picture when it was snapped

 

[Najam Khan]

Picture outside GHQ showing all the Shuhadas of this Tragedy

sorry for the quality. I was driving

Here is its Hi-Res version.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

@ Najam


thank you, thank you, THANK YOU.


and God bless!

 

[Safriz]

2 more soldiers have died in another Avalanche, AAJ news reported.

In a separate sector.

Avalanches are still a subject of study and extremely hard to predict....and glaciers are notorious by nature...
It has happened before and will happen again...
1962 Peru earthquake and resulting Glacier collapse kills 2000 people

Kolka Glacier collapsed in Russia in 2002..Killed 140 people.

Glacier collapse in peru 2010 injures 50 people.


But among all known Glacier Collapses , unfortunately Gayari was one of the deadliest.

It was a monumental undertaking by Pakistan army to actually dig the Glacier and recover the dead bodies.

 

[Safriz]

No PR129/2012-ISPR Dated: May 29, 2012
Rawalpindi - May 29, 2012:

52 days have passed since the tragic incident of Gayari. Notwithstanding the resolve of troops employed on search operations, excavation work is taking time due to constraints imposed by terrain and weather. Through their untiring efforts, bodies of three shuhada have been recovered, so far. Nature and magnitude of the calamity is suggestive of no probability of recovering any person alive. In this back drop, religious leaders of prominence from all sects and factions were consulted. Aspects related to socio religious dimensions / implications, requirements to initiate the process of documentation, and reduction of the sufferings of the bereaved families have been evaluated in detail. From this deliberate exercise, it has been decided to declare the remaining brave soldiers as "shuhada". This is being done with mixed feelings of pride, grief and above all unflinching resolve to continue all out efforts to recover the bodies of all shuhada.