PM directs Pakistani embassy in KSA to assist bus accident’s affected people

ISLAMABAD, Apr 20 (APP):Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday directed the Pakistan embassy in Saudi Arabia to provide all possible assistance to Pakistani Umra pilgrims affected in a bus accident.

Nine Pakistani citizens including women and children were killed and five Umrah pilgrims sustained injuries in the traffic accident near Al-Qassim area.

The prime minister expressed sorrow and grief over the loss of precious lives in the pilgrims’ bus accident.

The prime minister prayed to Allah Almighty for grant of eternal peace to the departed souls and for early recovery of the injured.