Pilgrim Dies in Ihram Clothes

MAKKAH, 2 November 2004 — Tens of coffins are taken inside the holy mosque in Makkah routinely for funeral prayers but the death of Pakistani pilgrim Sirdad Ghulam, 65, was quite different. Sirdad died inside the holy mosque after he finished performing Umrah. He died wearing the Ihram clothes. He had come to Saudi Arabia for the first time after spending all his savings to perform Umrah. He died of a heart attack while praying in the Tawaf area, Okaz reported.