ISLAMABAD (APP): At least eight Pakistani Umra pilgrims were killed and six others injured in fire in a hotel in Makkah, the Foreign Office here on Friday said.
In response to media queries regarding casualties in the fire incident, a Foreign Office spokesperson said: “We have reports of 8 deaths and 6 injured Pakistanis in the incident. Our Mission in Jeddah is in contact with local authorities to provide relief to the victims and their families.”
The hotel is located on Shahrah Ibrahim Khalil where Pakistani Umara pilgrims from Kasur and Borewala regions had checked in.
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