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Summary The rescue teams recovered bodies of two soldiers killed by massive Siachen avalanche.
Bodies of Sepoy Rashid Hussain and Muhammad Ilyas were recovered from RP checkpost on Saturday. The bodies were shifted to Gonma hospital for identification and their funeral prayers were offered later.Force Commander Gilgit Baltistan Maj Gen Ikram-ul-Haq, other high ranking army personnel and large number of relatives and friends attended the funeral prayers.Sepoy Rashid Hussain will be buried in his ancestral village in Azad Kashmir and Muhammad Ilyas to be will be buried in District Ganchay.A total of 137 Pakistani soldiers and civilians were buried in Siachens Gayari sector after a military camp was hit by a massive avalanche.Simultaneous efforts were underway to tackle effects of water on the site in the shape of ponds, cuttings and crevasses.More than 450 rescuers, including foreign teams, have been working in sub-zero temperatures at the site since the incident. There is little chance of finding any survivors.
