ISLAMABAD: At least six Pakistanis have been dead in the Makkah crane accident on Friday, which had resulted in the deaths of at least 107 pilgrims, the Foreign Office (FO) confirmed on Sunday.
Headed by the Pakistani Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Manzoorul Haq, a team of Pakistani embassy personnel visited a mortuary in Makkah last night.
The team during its four-hour visit confirmed, through documentary evidence available and identification of bodies by relatives, that six of the deceased were Pakistani nationals, FO spokesman Qazi Khailullah said.
While at least 47 Pakistanis were injured in the crane accident. The FO spokesman had said that out of the 47 injured, 26 Pakistanis were still admitted in the hospitals near Makkah.
