In a haunting yet heart-wrenching discovery, the body of a man who vanished nearly three decades ago has emerged from a melting glacier in northern Pakistan… astonishingly preserved and still clothed, offering long-awaited closure to his grieving family.
Nasiruddin, a 31-year-old father of two, disappeared in 1997 after fleeing to the mountains of Kohistan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province with his brother due to a personal dispute in their home village. While his brother survived, Nasiruddin tragically fell into a deep glacier crevasse and was never seen again… until now.
As glaciers retreat due to rising temperatures, a local shepherd spotted the body near the edge of the rapidly melting Lady Meadows glacier on July 31. Locals and family members were stunned to find his remains intact… clothes still on, identity card still in place.
“Our family spent years searching, returning to the glacier time and time again,” said Malik Ubaid, Nasiruddin’s nephew. “Eventually, we lost hope. But this discovery brought us a strange sense of peace.”
The body was respectfully buried on Wednesday after being recovered by local residents, one of whom, Omar Khan, told BBC Urdu, “The body looked untouched. It was like time had frozen around him.”
Kohistan lies on the outer rim of the Himalayas, a region where treacherous terrain and extreme weather often make rescue and recovery nearly impossible. This extraordinary discovery comes as a grim reminder of the secrets that melting glaciers continue to reveal in a warming world.
