The incident has raised questions over Saudi Arabia’s capacity to handle the millions of pilgrims in the biggest gathering of people in the world every year.
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He said the Saudi authorities, under a mechanism, was continuing the process of identification of the bodies and handing them over to their respective countries. Assad Mujtaba Gilani, nephew of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was also among the Pakistani pilgrims who were martyred in the stampede, the worst tragedy to hit Hajj. The 36-year-old pilgrim later found him alive under at least 10 bodies.
The family of Kasthuri Munirathinam, 58, said she told them her employer hacked off her right arm after she complained about harassment and torture after three months of working in the household. Among King Salman’s titles – as it was for his predecessors – is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, referring to sites in the two cities.
Shiite power Iran, Sunni Saudi Arabia’s Mideast rival, has blamed the disaster on the kingdom’s “mismanagement” and accused Riyadh of a cover-up, saying the real death toll exceeds 4,700, without providing evidence to support the claim.
That kind of hesitancy about criticism has been seen in Pakistan.
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On compensation for the victims by the Saudi authorities., the NAHCON scribe said the federal government would soon take a decision on that. Alterman said. “Saudi Arabia has a consistent problem developing a managerial culture”.
