Tehran: In a tragic incident, at least 35 Pakistani pilgrims have died and 18 have been injured after a bus overturned at a checkpost in Iran's Yazd, DawnNews TV reported. The crash happened Tuesday night in the central Iranian province of Yazd, said Mohammad Ali Malekzadeh, a local emergency official, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. Iranian media has …
Shia pilgrims arrive in the holy city of Karbala on Friday to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Husayn. Sara Mushtaq, a 35-year-old woman from Karachi, Pakistan, said at one point during the walk that her “feet just wouldn’t move” and described briefly collapsing on the side of the road. “It is hard to fathom the scale at which this gathering …
