6 more Pakistani pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia
ISLAMABAD: Six more Pakistani pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia over the last couple of days, taking the death toll of Pakistani pilgrims to 30 so far, Ministry of Religious Affairs Secretary Vakil Ahmed Khan said on Saturday.
The minister said all pilgrims died of natural causes and had been buried in Saudi Arabia.
He said the Pakistani medical mission in Saudi Arabia had attended 55,131 outdoor patients so far and more than 130 were admitted to the mission hospital out of which 98 were discharged after treatment. He said 45 seriously ill pilgrims had been admitted to Saudi hospitals.
Khan said that 109 pilgrims lost their air tickets out of which 67 were issued duplicate tickets. He said the Pakistani Haj Directorate had received 546 complaints from pilgrims out of which 481 had been addressed. app
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