(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Pakistan Ministry of Religious Affairs confirmed on Monday that at least 76 Pakistani pilgrims died in the September 24 stampede in Mina during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
The Ministry further said that at least 47 people were reported injured with 40 discharged from medical care facilities and seven still undergoing treatment.
There are still around 60 people missing from the stampede.
The Mina stampede is said to be one of the worst disasters during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in 25 years where over 769 pilgrims were killed in the stampede that left at least 934 others injured.
Around 143,368 Pakistanis performed Hajj this year and the ministry sent a medical mission of 450 people to the holy land for the pilgrims.
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