ISLAMABAD, SEPT 13 (DNA) Ambassador of Qatar Saqr bin Mubarak Al-Mansouri is leaving Pakistan after completing his term.He was appointed Qatar ambassador to Pakistan in January 2015 while he was also accredited to Afghanistan.The Qatar government has also announced his successor who happens to be the brother of the incumbent foreign minister of Qatar.The ambassador is expected to leave Pakistan in a couple of weeks. According to diplomatic sources he is retiring from service.=DNA
BAGHDAD (DNA) – At least 31 pilgrims died Tuesday in a stampede at a major shrine in the Iraqi city of Karbala as they marked the holy day of Ashura, the health ministry said.Another 100 people were injured at the shrine around 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of Baghdad, said spokesman Saif al-Badr, stressing that the toll was not final.
The incident happened toward the end of the Ashoura procession, causing panic and a stampede.Tens of thousands of Shiite Muslims converge on the holy city for the occasion, which marks the anniversary of the death of Imam Hussein, one of the grandsons of the prophet Mohammed.
It is the deadliest stampede in recent history during Ashura
