Pak Pattan - Pakistani authorities said yesterday that at least 36 pilgrims had been killed in a stampede at a Muslim shrine in the central province of Punjab.
The stampede took place just before midnight on Saturday when thousands of pilgrims rushed forward after the Behishti Darwaza, or Paradise Gate, was opened to inaugurate the annual feast, known as urs, at the shrine of a 13th-century saint in the town of Pak Pattan.