Zardari and Kayani visits Gayari
This handout photograph released by Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), shows army personnel taking surveying measurements as they search for avalanche victims. — Photo by AFP

ISLAMABAD: Another body has been pulled out of the snow from Gayari sector. In total nine bodies have been recovered from the avalanche site.

According to an ISPR statement, the identity of the deceased person is being ascertained.

On April 7, 139 soldiers from the Northern Light Infantry Battalion along with 6 civilians were killed, after an avalanche in Gayari.

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