At least 30 women and children died Sunday following a stampede
during a female's weekly gathering in Faizan-E-Madina near old
Sabzi Mandi of Pakistani port city Karachi, the Geo TV
reported.
Twenty-three bodies had been shifted to Liaquat and seven to
Jinnah hospital, according to the GEO.
Emergency declared in all hospitals of the city, provincial
health minister Shabbir Quaimkhani said.
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The governor of Sindh province sent grief over loss of live tragedy
to the bereaved families, the GEO reported.
The stampede occurred as a result of disorderliness when
thousands of women were leaving for home after the religious
gathering ended, the GEO TV reports said.
The congregation was held with regard to the holy month of
Rabi-ul-Awwal, and the cause of deaths was suffocation following
the stampede, the GEO said.
(Xinhua News Agency April 10, 2006)
