As many as 260 buses daily transport a total of 10,800 workers in the expansion project of the Grand Mosque to their homes and back every day, according to Makkah daily on Saturday.
Read more The Ministry of Haj and Umrah has issued a total of 2.21 million Umrah visas in four months since the season started, a weekly statistical report said.
Read more KABUL: The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs has signed agreement with the Saudi Tawafa Establishment for South Asian Pilgrims to provide basic facilities for Afghan pilgrims in upcoming Hajj ritual, a statement said on Friday.
Read more ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Subcommittee Thursday sough the list of those officials of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony who went to perform Haj and Umrah for more than once and foreign trips on government expenses.
Read more Politicians and business men engage in corruption and bribery with offer of Hajj and Ummrah to people in exchange for contracts or speed up payments, a chieftain of Amnesty International, Akhbar Satar, has said. Satar who doubles as President, Malaysian Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, noted that Malay-Muslims and others are engaging in the act, which he considered bribery.
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