25 Nov 2019
The new Hajj policy should be announced for five years for providing better facilities, ensuring better arrangements for pilgrims in Makkah and Madina and reducing expenses, President Rafiq-e-Hujjaj Committee, Babu Imran Qureshi said on Monday.
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25 Nov 2019
Much to their relief, experts are reporting that no measles cases were reported during and after the 2019 Hajj even though it was a time when the infection was surging globally.
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25 Nov 2019
To create the sequence in which Malcolm, portrayed by actor Denzel Washington, fulfills his life-changing pilgrimage to Hajj, an all-Muslim movie crew was hired and given permission to bring their cameras into the city.
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25 Nov 2019
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has received a special reception - welcomed by a traditional water cannon salute - at Jeddah's new Terminal 1. The inaugural flight was operated on Etihad's Dreamliner with the distinctive Kingdom of Saudi Arabia livery.
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25 Nov 2019
The government has taken various steps, including enacting a new law and reducing the number of Hajj agencies by cancelling their licences, to regularise Hajj and Umrah arrangements for pilgrims and to weed out unscrupulous agency owners.
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