ISLAMABAD: Following the Nanga Parbat tragedy, 40 tourists and mountaineers have been shifted from Diamer to the Federal Capital.
The majority of foreign tourists are either from Ukraine, Poland or Russia. They are yet to forget the horrific tragedy which took place at Nanga Parbat and say the attackers stole cash and other valuables from while the rest of their belongings were left at the base camp.
The foreign tourists add that they will leave Pakistan as soon as their belongings are received.
"I was excited to see the culture and mountains of Pakistan, but now my feelings are different,” said one of the tourists.
Pakistan on Monday suspended expeditions on its second-highest peak and evacuated climbers after gunmen shot dead 10 foreign trekkers, braced for the collapse of its tiny tourist industry.
Attackers dressed in police uniforms stormed a base camp at the foot of Nanga Parbat late Saturday, shooting dead the climbers and a Pakistani guide at point-blank range, officials said.
The victims have been identified as an American with dual Chinese citizenship, three Ukrainians, two Slovakians, two others from China, a Lithuanian and a climber from Nepal.
Pakistan's umbrella Taliban movement claimed responsibility, saying it had set up a new faction, Junood ul-Hifsa, to kill foreigners to avenge US drone strikes on Taliban and Al-Qaeda operatives.
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