Gilgit-Baltistan Forms Committee to Review Trekking Regulations After Deadly Avalanche

GB CM constitutes committee to review trekking rules after deadly Broad Peak avalanche

GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Amjad Hussain has constituted a three-member committee to review the 1999 Trekking Rules and Regulations, according to a statement issued by the CM House on Saturday, a few weeks after 10 mountaineers lost their lives when an avalanche struck on Broad Peak. The 10 members were part of an expedition led by world-renowned British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja. They were struck by the avalanche on July 30. Purja’s company later announced that there were ...

By [email protected] (Jamil Nagri)