ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (eTN) – The chances of survival of more than 130 Pakistani soldiers buried under 80 feet of snow in a remote area in the north when an avalanche hit their camp are rare and meager. Four days have passed since the avalanche, and there is little hope left for survival. Despite weather hazards, rescue operations at Gayari Sector continues at five priority points, identified with the help of an SPD team employed with plant equipment, and Army search and rescue teams.
A 450-meter long access track has been developed on the avalanche to access the priority points. Work on another access track has also been started to widen the search perimeter. Mainly plant equipment is being employed at two points. Work is in progress at rapid speed at both points.
Work at the other three points are mainly being done with the help of infantry troops who have resorted to manual digging with some assistance from plant equipment where required. A dozer has been employed to restore the water channel, which has been blocked due to the avalanche. So far, two exits are available with 20 and 15 cusecs discharge. Efforts are in hand to enhance the same with the help of plant equipment.
Names have been received from Pakistan Army sources of those buried under the snow:
Officers
1. PA-32596 Lt Col Tanvir Ul Hassan
2. PA-39548 Maj Zaka Ul Haq
3. PA-105358 Capt Haleem Ullah( AMC)
Junior Commission Officers
4. N/Sub Khurshid
5. N/Sub Didar
6. N/Sub Malik
7. N/Sub Iftikhar
Havildar
8. Hav Rehber
9. Hav Haji Shafayat
10. Hav Zakir
11. Hav Gulfraz
12. Hav Shah Nawaz
13. Hav Musadiq
14. Hav Rustam
15. Hav Shad
16. Hav Ghulam Muhammad
17. Hav Sher Nayab
18. Hav Ishaq
19. Hav Tanvir
Lance Havildar / NaiK
20. L/Hav Mustafa
21. L/Hav Ghulam Qadir
22. Nk Ashraf
23. Nk Sartaj
24. Nk Mudasar
25. Nk Jabbar
Lance Naik / Sepoy
26. Lnk Irshad
27. Lnk Sami Ullah
28. Lnk Sharafat
29. Lnk Mustafa
30. Lnk Himayat
31. Lnk Altaf
32. Lnk Mir Hussain
33. Lnk Irfan
34. Sep Ali Zar
35. Sep Saleem
36. Sep Malik Riaz
37. Sep Jamil
38. Sep Akhtar
39. Sep Nadir Wali
40. Sep Israr
41. Sep Sajid
42. Sep Naseer
43. Sep Dildar
44. Sep Zaman
45. Sep Irfan Khalil
46. Sep Waseem
47. Sep Ehsan
48. Sep Ashraf
49. Sep Riaz
50. Sep Shoaib
51. Sep Iqbal
52. Sep Mumtaz
53. Sep Haider
54. Sep Mehtab
55. Zulqarnain
56. Sep Ghulab Shah
57. Sep Rehmat Wali
58. Sep Nadeem
59. Sep Nafs Ali
60. Sep Nadeem Hashmi
61. Sep Qurban
62. Sep Muhammad Khan
63. Sep Akbar
64. Sep Ali Muhammad
65. Sep Muhammad Ali
66. Sep Amin
67. Sep Fiaz
68. Sep Shakeel
69. Sep Siraj
70. Sep Fazal Abbas
71. Sep Javed
72. Sep Javed
73. Sep Sakhi Zaman
74. Sep Sajjad Kazmi
75. Sep Fida Hussain
76. Sep Naeem
77. Sep Shamim
78. Sep Zakir
79. Sep Nisar Hussain
80. Sep Aurangzeb
81. Sep Arshad
82. Sep Sultan
83. Sep Muhammad Hussain
84. Sep Nasir
85. Sep Ilyas
86. Sep Mukhtiar
87. Sep Fida Hussain
88. Sep Zaheer
89. Sep Naseer
90. Sep Aftab
91. Sep Adil
92. Sep Muzamil
93. Sep Sarfraz
94. Sep Shameer
95. Sep Soba Khan
96. Sep Abid
97. Sep Ishaq
98. Sep Aksar Zaman
99. Sep Najeeb Ullah
100. Sep Siraj Ud Din
101. Sep Jaffar
102. Sep Ansar
103. Sep Ishaq
104. Sep Ghulam Rasool
105. Sep Muhammad Hussain
106. Sep Jumma khan
107. Sep Muhammad Ali
108. Sep Zakir Kawardo
109. Sep Ghulam Mehdi
110. Sep Ghazi Shah
111. Sep Sana Ullah
112. Sep Imtiaz
113. Sep Hameed Ullah
114. Sep Sadiq Gultri
115. Sep Gul Daz ( FS Sec)
Clerks
116. Nk / Clk Ghulam Nabi
117. Nk/ Clk Ghulam Ali
Cooks
118. Sep/Ck Muhammad Ali
119. Sep/Ck Karim
120. Sep/Ck Ghulam Mehdi
Sweepers
121. Moon Gul
122. Asif
123. Naveed
124. Ali
Civilian (paid out of defense establishment)
125. Jalil (Waiter)
126. Hameed ( Waiter)
127. Nasrullah (Barber)
128. Muhammad Ameer (Barber)
129. Waheed ( Canteen)
130. Azeem (Canteen)
131. Sarfraz (Dhobi)
132. Wali (Dhobi)
133. Noor Shah ali (Dhobi)
134. Sabir (Tailor)
135. Ghulam Rasool (NCB) – Unconfirmed/Suspected
WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ARTICLE:
- Civilian (paid out of defense establishment) .
- Officers .
- Junior Commission Officers .
