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42 Pakistani Haj pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia
Gulf News ^
| Published: 08:49 August 25, 2018
Posted on 08/24/2018 10:15:33 PM PDT by robowombat
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.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: pakistan; saudiarabia
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To: robowombat
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posted on
08/24/2018 10:26:31 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: robowombat
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posted on
08/24/2018 10:27:59 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
To: robowombat
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.
To: pepsionice
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posted on
08/24/2018 10:51:11 PM PDT
by
bagster
( "Even bad men love their mamas.")
To: robowombat
Just 42? Better if it was 42 million.
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08/24/2018 10:55:00 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
To: Reno89519
"...better if it was 42 million..."
best if it was 420 million.
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posted on
08/24/2018 11:09:57 PM PDT
by
Blue Jays
( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
To: robowombat
42? How Douglas Adams of them.
This is like the old joke about 400 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean. A good start.
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08/24/2018 11:15:27 PM PDT
by
ssaftler
(It's not the "deep state". It's the "odoriferous oligarchy")
To: pepsionice
Yes, stupid is as stupid does.
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08/24/2018 11:58:41 PM PDT
by
Enten
(I don't have islamophobia...I do have islamonausea)
To: robowombat
A start. Next, US lawyers.
To: robowombat
Not nearly enough of the Mohham-madmen.
To: robowombat
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08/25/2018 4:47:32 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: robowombat
How did they manage to die of suffocation?
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08/25/2018 5:33:22 AM PDT
by
abclily
To: abclily
Probably squeezed tightly in a crowd. A couple years ago 2,000 or so hajis died crushed in a stampede.
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posted on
08/25/2018 5:38:47 AM PDT
by
jjotto
(Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
To: jjotto
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.
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08/25/2018 6:15:07 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: pepsionice
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 guys SUV....pushing it into him, and killed the guy right there on the spot.As John Brennan would say: "In Sha ' Allah."
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08/25/2018 6:26:14 AM PDT
by
Popman
("GOD´S NOT LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH US, BUT OWNERSHIP OF US")
To: Vigilanteman
So different here. We stop so turtles can cross the road and nobody, turtles included, gets hurt.
To: robowombat
The Front end Loaders and Dump Trucks will be busy this year
To: robowombat
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08/25/2018 8:21:40 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: pepsionice
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08/25/2018 8:23:42 AM PDT
by
morphing libertarian
(Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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