DADU: The overall death toll during the three days of urs celebrations of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan reached nine, when four more devotees died on the final day of the 770th urs, according to Edhi and hospital sources.
According to details, the devotees – who hailed from different parts of the country – mostly died of heart stroke. Sehwan Edhi Centre in-charge Sarwar Shaikh said that Edhi ambulances had transported nine bodies over the three days.
The centre picked bodies of four devotees from the Institute of Syed Abdullah Shah Medical and Health Sciences on Thursday night. The bodies were identified as those of Arbab, resident of Dadu; Ashraf, resident of Lahore; Mehboob, of Lahore; Shabnam, resident of Rahimyar Khan.
Sarwar further said three devotees had died on Wednesday, the second day of urs, and the centre had picked the bodies from the institute. He said the centre’s ambulances picked two bodies from the institute on Tuesday, the first day of urs.
Three days of urs celebrations conclude
Sindh Minister for Mines and Minerals Shabbir Bijarani and adviser to Sindh chief minister on religious affairs Fyaz Ahmed Butt, laid chador on the grave of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar to officially conclude the three days of the 770th urs celebrations.
The minister and the adviser told journalists outside the shrine after paying their respects to the saint that Pakistan Peoples Party’s talks with Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan over the vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan had entered final phase.
Mr Bajarani believed allies of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf would support the opposition parties’ move. All opposition parties were united on one platform and the no trust vote was bound to be successful, he said.
