GILGIT (Kashmir English): Pakistani climber Sohail Sakhi was laid to rest in his hometown of Aliabad in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Hunza on Sunday after his funeral prayers were attended by a large number of people.
The climber was among the 10-person expedition that went missing on July 30 after a deadly avalanche on Broad Peak, one of the world’s highest mountains.
Sakhi’s body was recovered on August 13 and transported to the mountain’s base camp.
World-renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja led the ill-fated expedition. His body was recovered on August 2 and later transported to his country.
So far, bodies of eight climbers have been found as the search continues for Nepal’s Nawang Thindu Sherpa and American climber Sarah Mallory Geis.
Pak Army airlifted Sohail Sakhi’s body to Skardu
Meanwhile, Pakistan Army helicopters airlifted Sakhi’s body to Skardu from the Broad Peak base camp on Saturday, after which it was transported to Nasirabad and then Aliabad on Sunday morning.
His funeral prayers were offered at Aliabad College Ground and attended by a large number of people, including GB Tourism and Culture Minister Naiknam Karim and district administration officials. Sakhi was later laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard in Aliabad.
