ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: Three more Pakistani pilgrims died of heart attack in Makkah and Madina while preparing to perform Haj.

The Ministry of Religious Affairs here on Thursday said that Munir Begum (62) w/o Mohammad Amir, passport number 592,809, from Rawalpindi; Atta Mohammad (60), s/o Pehlewan Khan, passport number 166,215, from Jhelum and Habibullah (72), s/o Khan Mohammad, passport number 164,600, from Mandi Bahauddin, died of heart attack.

Munir Begum was buried in Janatul Mualla graveyard, Makkah, and Atta Mohammad and Habibullah in Janatul Baqi graveyard, Madina.—APP

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