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| God strikes 18 dead at Pak shrine festival |
| 2006-09-18 |
| KARACHI: Eighteen Pakistani pilgrims died during a three-day festival at a Muslim shrine, some by heat stroke and others by drowning in a river, a police official said on Sunday. Thousands of devotees attended the annual celebrations of Muslim saint Lal Shahbaz Qalander in Sehwan Sharif. Twelve people, mostly old men and women died of heat, while six young devotees drowned while swimming in a river near the shrine. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Haj preseason continues... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-09-18 20:46 |
| #3 :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-09-18 20:33 |
| #2 What is a Shahbaz Qalander What you drains Shahs mit. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-09-18 19:36 |
| #1 We need to rush these poor suffering people a massive airlift of Danish cartoons! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-18 15:16 |