BFF-06 42 Pakistani Hajj pilgrims die due to various causes in Saudi Arabia

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42 Pakistani Hajj pilgrims die due to various causes in Saudi Arabia

ISLAMABAD, Aug 25, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – At least 42 Pakistani pilgrims have
died of various causes during Hajj pilgrimage at different localities in
Saudi Arabia, officials from the Pakistani Ministry of Religious Affairs and
Inter-faith Harmony have said.

Out of 42 deceased people, 30 were males and 12 females and they were
residents of different cities of Pakistan. Most of them died of suffocation
or in road accidents, according to officials on Friday.

Twenty-six pilgrims died in the holy city Makkah, seven in Madina, five in
Mina, and four in Arafat, according to the ministry’s figures. The dead Hajj
pilgrims were aged between early 40s and late 80s.

A female Pakistani pilgrim had also suffered a brain haemorrhage during
the performance of Hajj and was shifted to a local hospital, where she still
remains unconscious and in critical condition.

According to the ministry officials, 184,210 Pakistani pilgrims have
reached Saudi Arabia under government and private programmes to perform Hajj
this year.

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