March, 31 2005	Thursday	20 Safar 1426

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PESHAWAR, March 30: Rescue teams of Pakistan Army have found bodies of six more soldiers of Pakistan Army and Frontier Corps, who were caught in an avalanche at Kot Mohammad Base in the remote Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency last month. According to a press release issued here on Wednesday, the soldiers have been identified as havaldar Niaz Khan (Haripur), sepoy Rasheed (Abbottabad), Lance Naik Mohammad Arshad (Mansehra), sepoy Arshad Ali (Mardan), sepoy Masta Jan (Landi Kotal) and sepoy Qadir Nawaz (Lakki Marwat). The bodies were found buried under 10 to 12 feet snow.

The body of sepoy Zafar was recovered by the rescue teams from the same area the other day.

Military authorities have expressed the hope that with the improvement in weather condition bodies of missing soldiers would be recovered.

Last Month, about 24 army men went missing when an avalanche hit them during heavy snowfall in the mountainous Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency.

ROAD PROJECT: Corps Commander Peshawar Lt-Gen Safdar Hussain has said that Pakistan Army will execute a road development project in South and North Waziristan at an estimated cost of Rs2.31 billion.

This he said during his visit to various parts of the South and North Waziristan agencies, says a press release issued by Inter-Services Public Relations here on Wednesday.