15 Jan 2019
Eighty pilgrims were stopped from boarding a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight for Umrah because their seats had not been confirmed, but half of them were allowed to travel after their travel agent paid for their tickets.
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14 Jan 2019
JERUSALEM: Scuffles broke out at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday after guards at the mosque refused to allow an Israeli policeman to enter for a routine security check because he was wearing a Jewish skullcap known as a kippah. Firas Dibs, a spokesman for the Islamic authority that oversees the site, says dozens of worshippers scuffled with police after
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14 Jan 2019
Prime Minister Imran Khan during his first visit to Saudi Arabia in September 2018 discussed the issue with the Saudi Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud for waiver of 2,000 Saudi Riyal as Umrah tax on Pakistanis.
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12 Jan 2019
The presidency has a new piece of equipment named “Caesar Mob” to prevent the spreading of the insects inside the Grand Mosque. It attracts the insects to one spot where they will be sprayed with insecticides.
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12 Jan 2019
JEDDAH: The number of Umrah visas issued this year has reached 2,785,790, of which 2,346,429 pilgrims have arrived in the Kingdom, according to data provided by the Hajj and Umrah Ministry. There are 345,114 pilgrims still in the Kingdom, with 233,910 in Makkah and 111,204 in Madinah. Most pilgrims — 2,122,424 — came to the Kingdom by air, while 213,121 entered by land and
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