TEHRAN: The first bodies of Iranians killed in a deadly stampede at the Hajj arrived home from Saudi Arabia on Saturday, after a controversial nine-day delay and questions over the final death toll. President Hassan Rouhani and other top officials laid white flowers on coffins at a sombre repatriation ceremony for the 104 pilgrims - among at least 464 Iranians who died in the September 24 crush.
Asad Murtaza Gilani, a nephew of former prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani who lost his life in Mina stampede during Hajj pilgrimage, will be laid to rest in Musa Pak Shaheed Darbar in Multan. Watch this report.
ISLAMABAD: Ongoing dispute between pilots and national flag carrier continued as Pakistan Airline Pilots' Association (PALPA) Saturday refused to hold talks with management of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Samaa reported. Prime Minister's advisor on aviation Shujaat Azeem had summoned management of PIA and PALPA representatives in Islamabad in a bid to end dispute.
caption id="attachment_590616" align="alignnone" width="768"] An aerial view of the walk way leading to the pillars where pilgrims throw stone (center tents) on the 2nd day of "Jamarat" ritual, the stoning of Satan, in Mina near Saudi Arabia's holy Muslim city of Makkah on September 25, 2015.