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