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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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1 posted on 08/24/2018 10:15:33 PM PDT by robowombat
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Unloved A380 Gets Lifeline With Plan for 700-Seat Hajj Fleet
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-19/mass-muslim-pilgrimage-to-boost-unloved-a380-under-malaysia-plan


2 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.)
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Not a terrible start.

L


3 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.)
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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.


4 posted on 08/24/2018 10:34:41 PM PDT by pepsionice
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Awwwwww….

That's a shame.

Bagster


5 posted on 08/24/2018 10:51:11 PM PDT by bagster ( "Even bad men love their mamas.")
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Just 42? Better if it was 42 million.


6 posted on 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)
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"...better if it was 42 million..."


best if it was 420 million.

7 posted on 08/24/2018 11:09:57 PM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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42? How Douglas Adams of them.


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


8 posted on 08/24/2018 11:15:27 PM PDT by ssaftler (It's not the "deep state". It's the "odoriferous oligarchy")
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Yes, stupid is as stupid does.


9 posted on 08/24/2018 11:58:41 PM PDT by Enten (I don't have islamophobia...I do have islamonausea)
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To: robowombat

A start. Next, US lawyers.


10 posted on 08/25/2018 12:02:54 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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Not nearly enough of the Mohham-madmen.


11 posted on 08/25/2018 3:56:31 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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So a normal year so far?


12 posted on 08/25/2018 4:47:32 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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How did they manage to die of suffocation?


13 posted on 08/25/2018 5:33:22 AM PDT by abclily
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Probably squeezed tightly in a crowd. A couple years ago 2,000 or so hajis died crushed in a stampede.


14 posted on 08/25/2018 5:38:47 AM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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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.

15 posted on 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?)
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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."

16 posted on 08/25/2018 6:26:14 AM PDT by Popman ("GOD´S NOT LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH US, BUT OWNERSHIP OF US")
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So different here. We stop so turtles can cross the road and nobody, turtles included, gets hurt.


17 posted on 08/25/2018 6:39:16 AM PDT by libstripper
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The Front end Loaders and Dump Trucks will be busy this year


18 posted on 08/25/2018 7:01:46 AM PDT by butlerweave
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A good start.


19 posted on 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)
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allahu akbar


20 posted on 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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