{
  "id": 2752048,
  "title": "Spantik Peak mission to retrieve body of Pakistani climber halted amid heavy snowfall",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/spantik-peak-mission-to-retrieve-body-of-pakistani-climber-halted-2752048",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T08:32:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2024747/spantik-peak-mission-to-retrieve-body-of-pakistani-climber-halted-amid-heavy-snowfall"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Heavy snowfall halted the mission to retrieve the body of Pakistani climber Dr Asma Mushtaq from Spantik Peak in Gilgit-Baltistan. The 34-year-old climber died on Thursday at an altitude of 6,250 meters while descending after experiencing high-altitude sickness. Her body is currently located at Camp 3, 6,400 meters above sea level. The recovery team reached Camp 2 on Sunday but had to halt their operations due to the heavy snowfall. The team is awaiting a suitable weather window before attempting the operation again. Dr Mushtaq's expedition company, in coordination with institutions including the tourism department and local government, is coordinating the recovery operation. The Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) is Pakistan's national federation for mountaineering and sport climbing, not a rescue organization. ACP's role is to help develop an effective rescue framework and support improvements to the country's mountaineering infrastructure. A local six-member team is working to bring down the body from the peak to the base camp for airlifting via helicopter. The tour operator faced criticism for violating mountaineering rules by not arranging for the recovery team and helicopter service. The division commissioner emphasized that the recovery mission was delayed due to the operator's negligence, but the administration promptly arranged a ground team to retrieve the body.",
  "summary": "GILGIT: Snowfall at Spantik Peak on Sunday halted efforts to retrieve the body of Pakistani climber Dr Asma Mushtaq, who died while descending the 7,027m peak in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Shigar district. 34-year-old Dr Mushtaq died at an altitude of around 6,250 metres on Thursday while descending from the summit of Spantik — also known as Golden Peak — after suffering from high-altitude sickness. Her…",
  "key_points": [
    "Heavy snowfall halted body retrieval mission from Spantik Peak",
    "Dr. Asma Mushtaq died at 6,250m while descending with high-altitude sickness",
    "Recovery team delayed due to operator's negligence and heavy snowfall"
  ],
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Spantik Peak mission to retrieve body of Pakistani climber halted amid heavy snowfall",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/spantik-peak-mission-to-retrieve-body-of-pakistani-climber-halted",
        "published": "2026-08-23T08:18:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}