Hajj and Umrah News - South Africa

3 Sep 2018

British pilgrims all praise for excellent Haj services

British Consul General and his team recently welcomed a delegation the Council of British Hajis (CBHUK) at the consulate premises. They discussed issues affecting British pilgrims from mis-sold Haj packages and Hajj fraud to health related and welfare matters.

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2 Sep 2018

Saudi Ground Services Co. serves almost 372,000 pilgrims

JEDDAH: The Saudi Ground Services Co. (SGS) has helped 371,351 Hajj pilgrims with their flights back home since Aug. 13. The SGS has also handled 762,568 pieces of baggage from King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah and Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah. The airport in Jeddah saw the departure of 307,653 pilgrims, while the one in Madinah

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2 Sep 2018

New Umrah season advanced by a month

The deputy minister said the arrival of pilgrims through the air, land and sea inlets has been made extremely easy and that the processing of passports of pilgrims will now take only a few minutes.

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