791 Pakistani pilgrims missing

Published February 11, 2004

ISLAMABAD, Feb 10: About 791 Pakistanis who had gone to perform Haj are reported missing in Makkah.

The "lost and found" section set up in the Directorate of Haj, Makkah, and mobile teams have started survey of buildings to ascertain their exact position.

According to information received here from the Haj Directorate, Makkah on Tuesday, 132 Pakistani pilgrims had died owing to various illnesses, stampede and road accidents during the Haj season in Saudi Arabia.

Eighty-two pilgrims died due to different ailments, 40 in an stampede at Mina during Jamarat, while 10 died in road accidents. -APP

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