MINA (Staff Report) – Five Pakistani pilgrims who were martyred in Mina tragedy were laid to rest at Mina graveyard in Saudi Arabia.
The martyrs include Iftikhar Ahmed, Talmiz Ahmed, Qamar Khan from Karachi and Shahnaz Qamar and Abdul Rehman hailing from Khanewal, said Pakistan Hajj Medical Mission.
Officials on Sunday confirmed the deaths of more than 30 Pakistanis in the Hajj stampede in Mina four days ago which left nearly as many Pakistani pilgrims injured in the tragic incident.
Pakistan’s Religious Affairs Minister Sardar Yousuf told a news conference in Saudi Arabia that 36 Pakistanis had died during the stampede in Mina.
The total death toll from the stampede rose to 769 as the annual pilgrimage in Makkah ended under reinforced security measures.
Unconfirmed media reports suggested that over 300 Pakistani pilgrims were still unaccounted for. But the Haj authorities refused to give a figure. The minister claimed that 161 of the Pakistanis reported missing had returned to their hotels.
Full list of dead Pakistani pilgrims
