Islamabad Sep 17 (IANS) At least 36 people sustained severe injuries in a stampede at a shrine in Pakistan s Punjab province on Monday.
According to local Urdu TV channel Abb Takk tens of thousands of devotees from across the country gathered in the shrine for a religious celebration in Pakpattan a district in Punjab province when the stampede took place.
The stampede occured when the police baton-charged devotees who tried to cross the protective gate of the shrine the report said.
All the injured were shifted to a hospital where 16 of them were in a critical condition. Authorities said that a case was registered and investigations into the incident were underway.

--IANS soni/