13 Jul 2019
MAKKAH: Mohammed Salih Bentin, minister of Hajj and Umrah, visited the headquarters of the National Tawafa Establishment for Pilgrims of Arab Countries (ARBHAJ) on Friday to inspect its readiness for this year’s Hajj season. Bentin held a meeting with Abbas bin Abdul Ghani Qattan, CEO of ARBHAJ, and his deputy Mustafa Biari to discuss plans for the season. The minister
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13 Jul 2019
JEDDAH: Prince Abdul Aziz bin Saud bin Naif, minister of interior and head of the Supreme Hajj Committee, has adopted the general emergency plan for this year’s Hajj season, to be implemented in participation with 33 government agencies. The director general of Civil Defense, Lt. Gen. Sulaiman Al-Amr, stressed that this pilgrimage season’s plan was expanded upon in light of
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13 Jul 2019
Necessary arrangements have been put in place to provide maximum comfort to the pilgrims. The embassy and the consulate have deployed sufficient manpower for the smooth movement of the pilgrims and their baggage to their respective buildings.
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13 Jul 2019
RIYADH: Nearly 37,000 Hajj pilgrims from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia arrived in Saudi Arabia aboard 90 flights between July 4 and July 11 as part of the Makkah Route initiative, Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Passports announced this week.
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12 Jul 2019
In a related development, the Tawafa Organization for South Asian Pilgrims organized on Thursday a lecture on “Safety of the pilgrims’ accommodation in Makkah.”
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