JEDDAH: Just over four months ago, police superintendent Naila Hassan was giving an emotional speech at a vigil in New Zealand for the 51 people murdered in the Christchurch mosque terrorist attack. Now Hassan, New Zealand’s most senior Muslim police officer, is in Makkah to take part in the Hajj pilgrimage — and her dream […]
Hajj
First day of Hajj confirmed as Aug. 9
RIYADH: The Saudi Supreme Court confirmed Thursday that the crescent moon of Dhu Al-Hijjah had been sighted. Hajj will therefore begin on Friday August 9, pilgrims will spend the day on the plains of Mount Arafat on Saturday August 10, and Eid Al-Adha will start on Sunday August 11. As of Wednesday, 1,249,951 Hajj pilgrims had […]
Saudi Hajj minister receives Russian envoy
JEDDAH: Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Mohammed Salih Bentin received Sergey Kozlov, the extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Russia to Saudi Arabia, at his office in Jeddah on Thursday. During the meeting, they exchanged cordial talks and topics related to Hajj, the Saudi Press agency reported. For his part, the ambassador praised the […]
SMS service launched to counter private Hajj fraud
The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has launched a short message service (SMS) 8331 to help save private Hajj pilgrims from fictitious Hajj Group Organising companies’ (HGOs) fraud. According to official sources, an intending pilgrim, desiring to perform the sacred religious pilgrimage privately through HGOs should send the first four digits of that […]
“Road to Makkah” project allows pilgrims’ to process immigration in Karachi
KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) decided to implement Hajj immigration plan 2019 “Road to Makkah” project on Wednesday under which pilgrims’ immigration process will be done in Karachi instead of Saudi Arabia. The CAA spokesperson said that the Islamabad airport will be used, while in the second phase the Karachi airport will be utilised. The […]
Saudi delegation to visit Pakistan
Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry’s delegation will arrive on Monday in Islamabad. The 14-member delegation is visiting Pakistan to review the arrangements made to assist Hajj pilgrims under the ‘Road to Makkah’ project. The ‘Road to Makkah’ project has been initiated by Saudi Arabia to accommodate Muslim pilgrims and provide ease to them. According to this […]
Religious ministry approves four categories of private Hajj packages
The Ministry of Religious Affairs has approved four categories of private Hajj packages ranging from 500,000 Rupees to 1.4 million excluding sacrifice, Radio Pakistan reported. Most of the packages offer 250 meters residence near Haram Sharif and Masjid-e-Nabvi, while package-B residences will be 150 meters from Madina Munawwara. The maximum package provides the facility of […]
Names of successful Hajj candidates announced by Govt
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday announced names of over 107,000 successful applicants for Hajj 2019. Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri opened computerised balloting for Hajj, which would be completed tonight. The successful candidates would be informed through SMS or the candidates can check their application’s status online at: http://www.hajjinfo.org/ The applicants, who could not […]
Fawad Khan shares his Hajj experience
Pakistani actor, model and singer Fawad Khan completed his first Hajj this year and actor says that the best part of it was the lack of attention. In an interview with Arab Times Fawad Khan shared the experience of his first Hajj and how it took him back to his childhood memories. Also read: Fawad Khan performs […]
Fawad Khan performs Hajj, gets invited by Saudi King at the annual lunch
Celebrated Pakistani actor Fawad Khan has performed Hajj with his family. Not many people knew that Fawad is going to perform holy ritual along with his wife, Sadaf Fawad Khan for the very first time. Fawad, managed to keep his Hajj journey low key, that is why he missed the premier of ‘Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2‘in which he has made […]