Efforts to retrieve the body of Pakistani climber Dr. Asma Mushtaq, who died descending Spantik Peak, have been suspended due to heavy snowfall in Gilgit-Baltistan's Shigar district.

PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is campaigning in Shigar on the Gilgit-Baltistan election trail, promising rights, jobs, and greater regional autonomy.