All pilgrims belonged to Qasim Jokhio Village located near Makli of Sindh’s Thatta District; list of dead and injured pilgrims released
Staff Report
Karachi, Sindh
Seventeen (17) pilgrims have died and another 40 injured when a truck carrying around sixty people plunged into a ravine late Wednesday night on the way from a village of Thatta district of Sindh to the shrine of Shah Noorani located in Balochistan province, it was officially confirmed here on Thursday April 11.
The list of dead and injured pilgrims has been released by the media consultant of Sindh Chief Minister.
The names of deceased persons are: Khuram son of Gulsher 30, Deen Muhammad son of Achar 25, Piyaro son of Gulabo 25, Wahid son of Ramu 30, Allahparayo son of Loang 40, Ameen son of Loang 28, Muhib Ali son of Ramazan 25, Sohrab son of Sahib Dino 22, Gulzar son of Lal Muhammad 30, Mushtaque son of Salman 20, Imamuddin son of Moosa 30, Jalal son of Muhammad Rafique 30, Ghulam Nabi son of Achar 35, Ali son of Ramu 19, Sahib Dino son of Allah Dino 55, and two still unidentified of 25 years’ age.
The official statement further said that as per Commissioner Karachi’s report, some 40 injured pilgrims were shifted to trauma center of Karachi.
“We received approximately 40 patients at the trauma center. One of them is seriously injured with a head injury. All the injured are under treatment. Some have orthopedic issues and rest have got surgical injuries. All of them are out of danger, and their treatment has been commenced,” report said.
The injured are: Zahid, son of Melang, 26 years; Ali Khair son of Ahmed Reza, 25 years; Meerab, son of Lal Muhammad, 13 years; Wasim, son of Chanesar, 12 years; Riaz Ali, son of Ghulam Nabi, 29 years; Shahzib, son of Saharab, 5 years; Chanesar, son of Muhammad Rahim, 40 years; Azam, son of Mubarak, 20 years; Mahboob, son of Aman, 17 years; Ali Sher, son of Mitha Amir Ali, 18 years; Ghulam Qadir, son of Yar Muhammad, 54 years; Akram, son of Mola, 29 years; Imran, son of Rafiq, 14 years; Nawaz, son of Saban Ali, 28 years; Gul Deen, son of Zahid Deen, 16 years; Muhammad Rafiq, son of Imam Deen, 45 years; Karim Ali, son of Imam Deen, 28 years; Sher Muhammad, son of Ramzan, 35 years; Papu, son of Babu, 26 years; Sher Zaman, son of Chanesar, 12 years; Wahid, son of Ramzan, 26 years; Rasooli, son of Deen Muhammad, 18 years; Mahboob, son of Ali Muhammad, 18 years; Liaqat , son of Nawaz Ali, 15 years; Rahman, son of Attar, 30 years; Nawaz, son of Ali Muhammad, 30 years; Sadiq, son of Obayyo, 35 years; Aziz, son of Waryal, 35 years; Shaukat Ali, son of Ramzan, 35 years; Mahboob, son of Salim, 14 years; Mahram, son of Allah Bashir, 17 years; Fayaz, son of Ghulam Nabi, 12 years; Gulzar, son of Manthar, 30 years; Bashir, son of Sahib Dino, 35 years; Mahboob, son of Bashir, 12 years; Imran son of Rafique 14 years; Nawaz son of Saban Ali 20 years; Guldeen son of Zahid 16 years; Ismail son of Asghar 33 years; Dil Murad Son of Faizan 34 years.
According to spokesperson of Balochistan Government, the truck carrying the pilgrims from Thatta Sindh had fallen in ravine near hub district while en route to Shah Noorani Shrine in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district. The vehicle fell down while taking a turn.
Karim Baksh, the truck driver, who was also injured in the accident, has been taken into custody by police.
The police officials of Sakro Police Station of Thatta said that people had left for the pilgrimage from Makli’s Qasim Jokhio village.
Edhi ambulance service’s social workers informed that the information about the accident was received by 11pm last night, while the rescue operation was completed within two hours.
The 17 dead bodies were first transferred to the Civil Hospital Hub, then to the Edhi morgue in Sohrab Goth Karachi.
“The truck fell into the ditch near Shah Noorani. The exact time of the accident could not be known due to lack of mobile network signal,” they said.
The relatives of deceased and injured pilgrims refuted reports regarding the incident occurring due to a race between drivers and said that it, in fact, took place after the truck went out of control while taking a turn.
“Passengers kept falling from the truck, which resulted in deaths,” they said.
The families told a private TV channel that the truck left Makli at 2pm on Wednesday, while the accident took place at 8pm. They received information about the accident at 9pm.
UPDATE
The latest revised official report says that 52 injured were received at trauma center of which 40 were discharged and ten still under treatment while 2 injured were admitted at NICH.
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