Tag: Pilgrims

Seven pilgrims die of suffocation near Sehwan Sharif

Seven pilgrims died of suffocation and severe heat in a closed tunnel near Lahut area of Sehwan Sharif, Sindh, officials said on Sunday. According...

Govt, Haj organisers reach accord on pilgrims’ quota

The government and the Haj Organisers Association of Pakistan (HOAP) on Thursday agreed to a quota of 60,000 pilgrims for the year, with 12,000...

India urges Pakistan to stop pilgrim visits

India has urged Pakistan to stop its pilgrims from undertaking visits in the wake of the recent death of Sarabjit Singh in Lahore. Union Corporate...

Pakistan not sending pilgrims to Ajmer following Indian advice

In a latest sign of rising tensions between the South Asian nuclear neighbours, Pakistan decided on Friday not to send its pilgrims for participation...

Stranded pilgrims reach metropolis

Thirty seven Pakistani pilgrims, who were stranded at Baghdad Airport for over 24 hours, have been deported back to the metropolitan without being granted...

37 pilgrims trapped in Iraq reach Karachi

Thirty seven Pakistani pilgrims who were stranded at Baghdad Airport for over 24 hours were deported back to Karachi without granting them permission by...

Steps under way to send pilgrims to Iran by planes: Malik

The government is making efforts to send pilgrims to Iran by planes due in the wake of recent terrorist attacks on land routes, Interior...

Delayed Hajj flights irk pilgrims

Hajj flights of both the national and private airlines are reaching late by several hours causing severe inconvenience for both the pilgrims and their...

Haj begins; pilgrims leave for Maidan-e-Arafat today

Thousands of white-clad Muslims, in buses, cars and on foot chanting “Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik” (Here I am, O Allah, here I am), reached Mina...

3,000 Sikh pilgrims to arrive for Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary

Sikh pilgrims from India and other countries across the globe will start reaching Pakistan on Tuesday (tomorrow) to celebrate the birth anniversary of the...

Four Pakistani Shia pilgrims killed in Iraq

Four Pakistani Shia pilgrims heading to a shrine in central Iraq died in an attack on their bus on Friday. Police said the attack...

PAF C-130 departs for Jeddah with 73 on board

A Pakistan Air Force PAF C-130 took off for Jeddah with 73 pilgrims on board from PAF Shahra-e-Faisal Base. The pilgrims were seen off by...

PIA airlifts Hajj pilgrims through 34 flights to Jeddah

Pakistan International Airlines by 34 direct flights to Jeddah from Pakistan has so far taken 14,840 intending pilgrims for the holy pilgrimage to Saudi...

5 killed in suicide attack on pilgrims’ bus in Mastung

At least five Shia pilgrims were killed and several others injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into the bus they were...

Hindu pilgrims have returned: Talpur

Member National Assembly and sister of President Asif Ali Zardari, Faryal Talpur, has said that 200 Hindu families who went to India for pilgrimage...

Dastardly

How is this not our war? To attack people for their religious beliefs in thoroughly indefensible; to target those who have no means to defend...