Hajj and Umrah News - South Africa

4 Jul 2019

This year’s first Indian Hajj pilgrims arrive in Madinah

MADINAH: This year’s first Hajj flight from India, arrived on Thursday at Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz International Airport in Madinah, carrying 419 pilgrims. Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Indian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and Noor Rahman Sheikh, consul general of India in Jeddah, welcomed the pilgrims at the airport.

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4 Jul 2019

First group of Bangladeshi pilgrims arrives in Jeddah

A Biman Bangladesh flight carrying 419 pilgrims landed at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. Flight BG-3001 took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 7:15 a.m. local time. State Minister for Religious Affairs Advocate Sheikh Mohamed Abdullah and State Minister for Civil Aviation Md Mahbub Ali saw off the pilgrims at the airport.

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4 Jul 2019

This year’s first Pakistani Hajj pilgrims arrive in Madinah

MADINAH: Saudi Arabian Airlines’ first Hajj flight of the year arrived early Thursday morning in Madinah, carrying 367 pilgrims from Pakistan. Their journey is part of the Makkah Road Initiative Raja Ali Ejaz, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, who welcomed the pilgrims on arrival, praised the implementation of the “pioneering” initiative, which is aimed at reducing the

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