PESHAWAR: In order to facilitate the recovery of renowned mountaineer Syed Ali Shah’s body, which remains buried in the Falak Sar Glacier, the relatives of the deceased have urged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and Chief Minister Sohail Afridi to arrange an immediate rescue operation.
Syed Ali Shah, a mountain guide, died after falling into a gorge following a glacier burst in the Matiltan area of Upper Swat’s Kalam Valley in July 2026. His relatives have appealed to the KP government to undertake an operation to retrieve his body from the inaccessible mountainous terrain.
In the appeal, the relatives said the body of mountaineer Syed Ali Shah was traced from a glacier at ‘Falak Sar’ in the Mittaltan area of Swat at an altitude of 5,200 metres using a drone.
Young volunteers from Swat have traced the body of mountaineer Syed Ali Shah with the help of a drone. The body is located on a glacier at an altitude of about 5,200 metres, where it is extremely difficult to reach by land, they added.
The difficult terrain and extreme altitude have made it extremely difficult for rescue workers to reach the spot and retrieve the body through conventional means.
A helicopter rescue operation appears to be the only viable option to safely retrieve the body and hand it over to the bereaved family. The bereaved family appealed to the KP government and the relevant authorities to take immediate action and arrange for a rescue operation so that the body can be handed over to them as soon as possible.
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