15 Pakistani Hajj pilgrims injured in road accident near Arfat
Pakistan Times Foreign Desk Report

JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia): As many as 15 Pakistani Hajj pilgrims were injured when their bus collided with another bus near Arfat while coming from Ziarat here on Sunday.

All the injured pilgrims were brought to Al-Noor Hospital out of which 14 were discharged after giving necessary medical treatment.

One injured (Muhammad Yousaf s/o Jalaluddin) has been admitted
for further treatment of his rib fracture, official sources in Pakistan Hajj Medical Mission said.

The Injured

All the injured belong to a private group (Madni Togervi), Maktab no.60. Following is the detail of the injured pilgrims:

(1) Abdul Ghani s/o Malia Khan passport no 758837, (2) Muhammad Naseem Hussain, s/o Muhammad Hussain, Passport no. 758860, (3) Fatima Bibi w/o Faqeer Muhammad, passport no. 758937, (4) Iqbal Begum w/o Muhammad Yousaf, passport no 758936, (5) Bashir Ahmed s/o Muhammad Nawaz, passport no. 758813, (6) Meenah Bibi, passport no. 758840, (7) Shameem Akhtar w/o Derwaish Ahmed, passport no. 758842, (8) Muhammad Yousaf s/o Jalaluddin, passport no. 758935, (9) Perveen Akhtar w/o Muhammad Ashraf, passport no, 758938, (10) Jamila Bibi w/o Khurshid Ahmed, passport no. 765632, (11) Muhammad Sharif s/o Dewan Ali, passport no. 758880, (12) Muhammad Abid s/o Abdul Rasheed, passport no. 7568861, (13) Muhammad Ashraf s/o Asmat Ullah, passport no. 758856, Muhammad Shaban from Pakpattan and Saleem Akhtar.

20 Pilgrims Die in 4 Days

Meanwhile, another report says that as many as 20 Pakistani pilgrims have died after performing Hajj in Saudi Arabia increasing the death number to 172.

These pilgrims died of natural causes especially heart attack and have been buried in Janat-ul-Moallah, Makkah Al Makkarmah, Hajj Medical Mission said on Sunday.

The deceased pilgrims are:

(1) Quraish Bibi w/o Sheikh Abdul Majeed, age 75, passport no.451607, Bhakkar, (2) Mirza Usman Baig s/o Mirza Mehboob Baig, age 66, passport no. 746275, Karachi, (3) Hakim Ali s/o Chaudhary Muhammad Ud Din, age 86, passport no. 440454, Sargodha (4) Rasool Bibi w/o Allah Ditta, age 66, passport no.349041, Sialkot, (5) Saeeda w/o Abdul Rehman, age 55, passport no. 437987, Hyderabad (6) Muhammad Siddique s/o Chiragh Din, age 76, passport no. 334554, Gujranwala, (7) Habib Ullah s/o Lal Din, age 66, passport no 117859, Bahawalpur, (8) Kaleem Khan S/o Gul Shah age 56, passport no. 130326, Gujranwala, (9) Ghulam Qadir s/o Muhammad din, age 86, passport no. 410501, Hafizabad (10) Abdul Rehman s/o Abdul Qayyum, age 51, passport no. 447052, Attock, (11) Muhammad Isa Khan s/o Muhammad Yousaf, age 71, passport no. 701113, Peshawar (12) Gohar Ara Begum w/o Nazar ul Hassan, age 66, passport no. 412582, Karachi Malir (13) Muhammad Ramzan s/o Haji Muhammad, age 72, Passport no. 403892, Multan, (14) Rashida Begum w/o Muhammad Yousaf, age 53, passport no. 128021, Sialkot (15) Kaz Bano w/o Karim Bakhsh, age 51, Passport no. 238824, Thatta, (16) Allah Bakhsh Yousafi s/o Jan Muhammad, age 61, passport no. 138531, Peshawar, (17) Painda Jan s/o Saindan Wali, age 70, passport no. 142912, Dir (Timaragara), (18) Muhammad Nawaz s/o Sher Muhammad, age 80, passport no. 709144, Khushab, (19) Rashidan Bibi w/o Muhammad Hanif, age 57, passport no. 441047, Lodhran, (20) Saadat Khan s/o Abdul Malik age 78, passport no. 406389, Peshawar.●