ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Religious Affairs has confirmed that 36 Pakistanis embraced martyrdom in the Mina stampede in Saudi Arabia.
The Ministry released the names of the martyred on its website and also said, 217 of the missing Pakistanis have made contact.
Talking to media Federal Minister for Religious Affairs, Sardar Yousuf said 217 of the missing Pakistanis have made contact while 85 are still missing.
“Efforts are afoot to find the Pakistani pilgrims who are still missing,” he added.
He said under the Hajj policy, the Pakistani pilgrims martyred in Mina stampede will be laid to rest in Saudi Arabia.
Sardar Yousuf further said that 12 out of 34 of the Pakistanis who sustained injuries in the incident have been discharged from hospitals after treatment while the rest are still receiving medical aid.
At least 769 Hajj pilgrims from various countries were martyred as a result of a stampede on Thursday in Mina where they had gathered to stone the devil as a ritual for this year’s Hajj.
More than 900 pilgrims were injured while scores others went missing in the incident.
Names of Shuhada from website of Ministry of Religious Affairs:
- Hafsa Shoaib w/o Muhammad Shoaib Shahid
- Zareen Nasim w/o Syed Nasim ul Haq
- Seyda Narjis Shahnaz w/o Syed Ahmed Mehmood Shah
- Zainab w/o Eid Muhammad
- Mahmood Arshad s/o Atta Muhammad
- Rasheedan Bibi w/o Muhammad Yaqoob
- Zahid Gul s/o Aslam Muhammad
- Dr Ameer Ali Lashari (According to Al Noor Hospital)
- Makhdumzada Syed Asad Murtaza Gilani s/o Makhdum Syed Wajahat Hussain Gilani
- Abdul Rehman s/o Ismail
- Shehnaz Qamar w/o Abdul Rehman
- Islam Ahmed (According to the list of Al-Noor Hospital)
- Bushra Bibi (According to the list of Al-Noor Hospital)
- Mohammad Hasrat s/o Ali Asghar
- Azeem Khan s/o Qadir Khan
- Mohammad Idrees s/o Mohammad Din
- Amir Mohammad Malook (According to the list of Al-Noor Hospital)
- Gul Shahnaz w/o Ghulam Rabbani
- Najma w/o Mukhtar Ahmed Khan
- Noor Muhammad s/o Mir Ayub Khan
- Muhammad Aslam s/o Muhammad Ishaq
- Madina Bibi w/o Muhammad Aslam
- Touseef Iftikhar s/o Iftikhar Ahmed
- Muhammad Ismail Khan s/o Hidayat Ali Khan
- Bibi Zara w/o Muhammad Nasreen
- Abdul Ahad s/o Badshah Mir
- Haji Abbas Khan s/o Total Khan
- Talmeez Ahmed
- Siraj Ahmed Siraj s/o Muhammad Jamal
- Mian Muhammad Riaz (Lahore, ANN Tours)
- Arif (Lahore, ANN Tours)
- Aziz Mai w/o Noor
- Bibi Shakira (Dr. Ashfaq Pak Hajj Mission)
- Asif Khan (Dr. Ashfaq Pak Hajj Mission)
- Muhammad Ibrahim Khan s/o Muhammad Gul
- Muhammad Hassan Khan s/o Muhammad Amin Khan
