25 May 2019
Bassam Ghulman has been deputy minister for transportation affairs at the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah since February 2018. Previously, he was general manager of the Haramain High-Speed Rail Project, which links the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah. He was also a professor of contracts and construction project management at Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah. He first joined the
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25 May 2019
In its weekly cumulative indicator, the ministry said the Saudi authorities have so far issued 7,463,259 visas to people intending to perform Umrah.
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25 May 2019
The presidency said an average of 15,623 people pray on the roof of the mosque every day, 98,589 inside the mosque and 100,868 in the plazas.
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25 May 2019
MAKKAH: As part of its role with Umrah security forces, the General Security Aviation Command has raised its level of readiness and increased its aerial monitoring operations in Makkah for the last 10 days of Ramadan. The command conducts aerial monitoring missions, observes traffic on the city’s main roads, provides logistic support to all government security sectors, and
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25 May 2019
RIYADH: The number of Umrah visas issued this year has reached 7,463,259, of which 6,964,943 pilgrims have arrived in the Kingdom, according to data provided by the Hajj Ministry. There are 925,246 pilgrims still in the Kingdom, with 679,929 in Makkah and 245,317 in Madinah, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Most pilgrims — 6,185,504 — came to the Kingdom by air, while 671,356
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