The body of a man missing for nearly 30 years has been found in a melting glacier in remote Pakistan.

Father-of-two Naseeruddin, 33, was travelling on horseback with his brother through Kohistan in June 1997.

Hearing gunfire, the two men fled, with Naseeruddin sprinting into a nearby cave in the snow-capped mountains of Lady Valley – he never came out.

Despite an extensive search organised by his brother, Kathiruddin, no trace of Naseeruddin was ever found, his family told The Express Tribune.

Local shepherd Umar Khan discovered the hiker’s body 28 years later, on August 1, inside a glacier, which has been melting for years.

Khan told BBC Urdu that the body was ‘completely intact’, his clothing wasn’t torn and he was still carrying his ID card. ‘What I saw was unbelievable,’ he added.

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