{"id":18647,"date":"2024-06-20T11:21:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T11:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=18647"},"modified":"2024-06-20T11:21:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T11:21:36","slug":"35-pakistanis-among-over-900-died-during-haj-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/35-pakistanis-among-over-900-died-during-haj-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"35 Pakistanis Among Over 900 Died During Haj In Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, June 20: At least 35 Pakistanis were among more than 900 people from around the world who died during this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/dc-flags-off-32-haj-pilgrims-from-samba\/\">Haj pilgrimage<\/a> in Saudi Arabia marked by searing heat, the government has confirmed.Pakistan\u2019s Ministry of Religious Affairs said on Wednesday that Haj was challenging this year due to extreme heat and harsh weather conditions, with temperatures reaching 50 degrees Centigrade.<br \/>\nSaudi state TV said temperatures on Monday rose as high as 51.8 degrees Celsius at the Grand Mosque in Makkah.<br \/>\nThe Director General of Pakistan\u2019s Haj Mission, Abdul Wahab Soomro, said on Wednesday that as of June 18, a total of 35 Pakistani casualties had been reported. This includes 20 in Makkah, six in Madina, four in Mina, three in Arafat and two in Muzdalifah, the Dawn newspaper quoted Soomro as saying.<br \/>\nHe said the Saudi government had set up a system for burials in Haramain, and arrangements were made to send the body of any Pakistani pilgrim back to the home country if the heirs demanded so.<br \/>\nSaudi Arabia has not officially provided information on fatalities, though it reported more than 2,700 cases of \u201cheat exhaustion\u201d on Sunday alone.<br \/>\nSoomro also asked the general public not to heed social media posts about the hardships faced by the pilgrims, calling them \u201cinauthentic\u201d.<br \/>\nIn a statement issued in Islamabad, Soomro referred to a video clip circulating on social media that showed bodies lying on footpaths and people appealing to officials \u2014 also seen in the video \u2014 to put the bodies into the ambulances parked nearby.<br \/>\n\u201cIt has come to our attention that some videos are circulating on social media websites in which pilgrims are shown, and no one is coming to help [them]; these videos are baseless because their authenticity could not be verified, and their date or year could not be determined,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nHe pointed out that verified information had to come from the Saudi government, which was later verified by the mission.<br \/>\nWhile deaths among pilgrims are not uncommon (there were more than 200 last year), this year\u2019s gathering is being held amid particularly high temperatures.<br \/>\nHaj season changes every year according to the Islamic calendar, and this year, it fell in June, one of the hottest months in the kingdom.<br \/>\nOn Monday, Saudi Arabia advised pilgrims against performing the \u201cstoning of the devil\u201d ritual between certain hours due to high temperatures.<br \/>\nAccording to the <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/jk-fencers-to-represent-india-at-world-championship-tt-saudi-arabia\/\">Dawn newspaper<\/a>, more than 900 deaths were reported this year. Several Indians were also among the dead.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18648\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18648\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-20-at-4.50.02-PM-300x202.png\" alt=\"35 Pakistanis Among Over 900 Died During Haj In Saudi Arabia\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-20-at-4.50.02-PM-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-20-at-4.50.02-PM-1024x688.png 1024w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-20-at-4.50.02-PM.png 1098w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">35 Pakistanis Among Over 900 Died 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