Inflation, disorganized flour distribution behind Pakistan stampede: report | World News

There have been many stampedes in various places Pakistan According to Dawn, they gathered to receive food as the disorganized distribution of free flour led to the deaths of various inflation-affected people.

Crowds of inflation-stricken people gathered at a factory to collect flour, but most ended up in the morgue because of the stampede.

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Heart-wrenching scenes were witnessed at the mortuary at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital on Friday as relatives mourned the deaths of those killed in the SITE factory stampede as their bodies lay on stretchers.

In the morgue, a disgusting smell of death came to the face. The bodies of their loved ones were placed in ambulances and taken home for funerals, Dawn reported.

Sadly, the inflation and misallocation of free flour killed a lot of people.

Nervous and sweating profusely, he said that it was because of domestic inflation that she went there to receive free flour.

At least 12 people were killed in Karachi on Friday, including nine women, Geo News reported.

Three children were also killed, according to rescue officials and police authorities in the area.

In addition, rescue workers told Geo News that six people passed out in the stampede. A considerable number of people gathered at the location as the rations were distributed, police said.

They also received reports of a fire at the factory caused by a gasoline leak, according to rescue officials. They also found water in the narrow street, which appeared to indicate factory workers were trying to extinguish the blaze.

After the incident, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah announced on Friday night that Rs 500,000 would be paid to the legal heirs of each deceased in the SITE stampede, Dawn reported.

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he also announced ¥100,000 per injured person.

The Prime Minister directed the Chief Secretary to immediately know the details of the dead and injured so that compensation can be distributed among them.

Meanwhile, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said the factory management had not informed the police or the district administration of the charity allocation, Dawn reported.