42 Pakistani Haj pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia

Gulf News ^ | Published: 08:49 August 25, 2018

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42 Pakistani Haj pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia

Most of them died of suffocation or in road accidents

Islamabad: At least 42 Pakistani pilgrims have died of various causes during the ongoing Haj in Saudi Arabia, officials from the Pakistani Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony said here. Of 42 victims, 30 were male and 12 female. Most of them died of suffocation or in road accidents, Xinhua news agency quoted the officials as saying. The dead pilgrims were aged between early 40s and late 80s.

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

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[Lurker]

Not a terrible start.

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[pepsionice]

Late last year, I was traveling through Dubai. I picked up the local newspaper and noted this one story.

Local guy had prayer-time pop up while he was in his SUV, and stopped on the motorway there. He got out...put out a rug in front of the vehicle, and someone came up from the rear and crossed just enough to hit the guy’s SUV....pushing it into him, and killed the guy right there on the spot.

[bagster]

Awwwwww….

That's a shame.

Bagster

[Reno89519]

Just 42? Better if it was 42 million.

[Blue Jays]

"...better if it was 42 million..."

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best if it was 420 million.

[ssaftler]

42? How Douglas Adams of them.

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This is like the old joke about 400 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean. A good start.

[Enten]

Yes, stupid is as stupid does.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

A start. Next, US lawyers.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Not nearly enough of the Mohham-madmen.

[FreedomPoster]

So a normal year so far?

[abclily]

How did they manage to die of suffocation?

[jjotto]

Probably squeezed tightly in a crowd. A couple years ago 2,000 or so hajis died crushed in a stampede.

[Vigilanteman]

I recall one incident where there was an air-conditioned section of tunnel on the way to that moon rock or something . . . some of the "pilgrims" stopped to enjoy the cool air for a few extra few seconds and those behind them just kept coming, resulting in a massive stampede which killed hundreds.

Sort of like the Squirrel Tunnel in Pittsburgh at rush hour except that commuters here will actually stop and wait when the tunnel is blocked.

[Popman]

Local guy had prayer-time pop up while he was in his SUV, and stopped on the motorway there. He got out...put out a rug in front of the vehicle, and someone came up from the rear and crossed just enough to hit the guy’s SUV....pushing it into him, and killed the guy right there on the spot.

As John Brennan would say: "In Sha ' Allah."

[libstripper]

So different here. We stop so turtles can cross the road and nobody, turtles included, gets hurt.

[butlerweave]

The Front end Loaders and Dump Trucks will be busy this year

[Georgia Girl 2]

A good start.

[morphing libertarian]

allahu akbar