19 Jul 2018
Daily Trust: Med-View Airline Plc has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) for the 2018 airlift of pilgrims to Makkah and Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
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19 Jul 2018
KUANTAN, July 18 — Police have detained the mastermind behind the umrah package scam where 21 reports were lodged in Pahang last year and early this year, involving losses amounting to more than RM139,000. Head of the Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department Supt Mohd Wazir Yusof said the...
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18 Jul 2018
JAKARTA: A fast-track clearance for Indonesian Hajj pilgrims — known as the “Makkah Road” — has been opened at Jakarta’s Soekarno Hatta airport. The initiative comes as the first groups of pilgrims left from six Indonesian cities, including the capital. Indonesian and Saudi officials, including Osama bin Mohammed Al-Shuaibi, the Kingdom’s ambassador to Indonesia, were present
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18 Jul 2018
The first batch of Iranian pilgrims arrived in the Kingdom via Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah. The rest of the 85,000 plus pilgrims from the country will arrive at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah from July 25.
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18 Jul 2018
Minister of Haj and Umrah Dr. Muhammad Saleh Bin Taher Benten made a tour of the Unified Agents Office at the Haj Terminal of King Abdulaziz International Airport on Tuesday to inspect the arrangements for receiving the pilgrims, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
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