8 Sep 2018
“The medical team worked day and night to support the pilgrims and prevent infectious diseases during the Hajj. They also offered advice on essential health precautions and provided the pilgrims with premium primary health-care services,” he said.
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8 Sep 2018
Asked about the number of new companies that are scheduled to enter the Umrah sector this season and whether they have completed their licensing procedures, Wazzan said: “The ministry’s endeavor to convert the Haj and Umrah work into an industry to make it one of the major tributaries of the new Saudi economy, is in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, which aims to host 30 million Umrah pilgrims throughout the coming years. The ministry has completed procedures for licensing some 685 Saudi Umrah companies and establishments.”
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6 Sep 2018
JEDDAH: More than a million pilgrims have left the Kingdom after completing their Hajj, according to Saudi authorities. The General Directorate of Passports said that out of 1,758,722 foreign pilgrims, 1,001,783 had departed as of 4pm on Sept. 6, 19 days after the climax of the Hajj. The “day of Arafat,” which fell on Aug. 19 this year, is considered the pinnacle of the
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5 Sep 2018
MAKKAH: The first Saudi syndicate of cars, founded 88 years ago in Makkah, led to a dramatic change in the pilgrims’ transport system, and the term “syndicate” at the time marked the birth of the transport foundations of a civil state, led by the Kingdom’s founder, the late King Abdul Aziz. It has been almost nine decades since the true establishment of this system, which has
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5 Sep 2018
After suffering a sterility period of nine years, a Pakistani pilgrim completed her happiness of performing the Haj by giving birth to a healthy boy and a girl in Madinah Maternity and Child Hospital.
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