JAKARTA: Indonesia hopes fast tracking for its Hajj pilgrims, known as the “Makkah Road” initiative, will be expanded to at least two more airports in Java next year, which serve as embarkation points from the country’s most populated island and its neighbors, a government official said Thursday. Indonesian pilgrims have benefited from the initiative since it was introduced
Read more RIYADH: The Secretariat of the Holy Capital has implemented a project to apply a heat-blocking coating to pavement surfaces in pedestrian pathways at holy sites. The first phase of the project included coating the pedestrian pathway in Mina all the way to the Jamarat facilities, a total area of about 3,500 square meters. The director general of the holy sites and seasons,
Read more Simultaneously, during a press conference on Tuesday, the Emir of Makkah announced the launching of the New Media Prize under the name “Emirate of Makkah Prize for New Media” in four branches. They are short film, photography, Tweet and Snapchat. The prizes are totally worth SR500,000.
Read more The ministry said it was giving top priority to preventive aspects of its health services and was closely following up the changes in the world health condition via cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other concerned health organizations.
Read more Pilgrims arrived here in the first Haj flight that landed Tuesday at Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport where they were greeted with Zamzam water, roses and dates, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported Wednesday.
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