The death tolls given by foreign officials and international media so far are: Pakistan, 236; Iran, 131; Morocco, 87; India, 14; Egypt, 14; Somalia, 8; Senegal, 5; Tanzania, 4; Turkey, 4; Algeria, 3; Kenya, 3; Indonesia, 3; Burundi, 1; and Netherlands, 1. Iran’s national hajj organization said 60 Iranian nationals were also injured

Death toll from a deadly crush during Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, has soared to about 2,000

By .Asghar Ali Mubarak

MINA/RIYADH/ISLAMABAD

The Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has expressed sorrow over the martyrdom of pilgrims in Mina stampede.The Pakistani President Mamnoon also prayed for the departed souls and expressed his heartfelt sympathies for the families of Mina stampede martyrs. In what has been identified as the deadliest incident in Saudi Arabia this year, more than 2000 pilgrims have died as a result of the fatal stampede that took place on last Thursday, during the stoning of the devil ritual. DG Hajj Pakistan Abu Akif confirmed that currently, as many as 311 Pakistani pilgrims were missing and only 76 of them had been traced 8 Pakistanis confirmed dead .The world’s 1.5 billion Muslims were on Thursday/Friday marking Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, the most important holiday of the Islamic calendar…