A vehicle carrying Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Rauf Siddiqui was involved in an accident in Saudi Arabia on Thursday.
What happened to Rauf Siddiqui’s car?
Rauf Siddiqui, the former Home Minister of Sindh, is currently in Saudi Arabia with his family to perform Umrah.
The accident occurred while they were travelling from Makkah to Madinah.
According to the family, Rauf Siddiqui and his children remained safe. However, his wife sustained severe injuries in the traffic accident.
Deadly road accident in Murree claims seven lives
Previously, a similar tragic accident occurred in June 2026 when 10 people were burnt to death after a tourist van caught fire on the Murree Expressway near Kahjoot. Eight others were also injured.
Murree District Police Officer (DPO) Dr Muhammad Raza said the van went out of control due to overspeeding and crashed into a roadside safety barrier.
The impact caused the fuel tank to explode. Petrol leaked from the tank and the vehicle quickly caught fire.
Deadly road accident in Azad Kashmir claims seven lives
Previously, seven people were killed after a jeep fell into a nearly 1,000-foot-deep ravine near Nakian Shukar Pattian Seeri Darra in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
According to rescue officials, all seven people travelling in the jeep died in the accident.
Rescue teams rushed to the scene with a medical rescue vehicle and started a recovery operation.
The rescue operation was difficult due to the depth of the ravine.
However, rescue workers managed to recover the bodies of all seven victims. Officials said the cause of the accident is still unknown.
Names of the deceased
The victims were identified as jeep driver Abdul Waheed, Muhammad Khalid, Shafaat Hussain, Fayyaz Ahmed, Saad Riaz, Azam Riaz and Iftikhar Ahmed.
