Government announces Hajj Policy 2025 Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Chaudhry Salik Hussain announced on Monday that... Published 11 Nov, 2024 11:46pm
Pakistan Federal cabinet approves Hajj Policy 2025, Pakistan’s quota to be 179,210 Under the policy, children below the age of 12 will be barred from traveling for Hajj Updated 05 Nov, 2024 10:51pm
World Hajj deaths show challenge of shielding pilgrims from scorching climate RIYADH: Hundreds of the pilgrims who died in fierce heat at this year’s Hajj were not officially registered with the... Updated 27 Jun, 2024 02:56pm
World Senegal tightens anti-Covid controls after Makkah deaths DAKAR: Senegal said Monday it had implemented voluntary Covid-19 screening tests and reimposed the wearing of masks... Published 25 Jun, 2024 06:42am
World Crowds stone the devil as biggest Hajj since pandemic draws to a close MINA: Massive crowds of robed Muslims gathered for the “stoning of the devil” ritual in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as... Published 28 Jun, 2023 02:07pm
World Hajj draws 1.8 million pilgrims, falls short of record MAKKAH: This year’s annual Hajj pilgrimage has drawn more than 1.8 million worshippers, Saudi Arabia’s statistics... Published 28 Jun, 2023 12:11am
Pakistan Hajj sponsorship scheme: OGDCL expands its support to employees ISLAMABAD: Launched in 1985 by sending four employees annually to perform Hajj in its early years, the Oil and Gas... Published 14 Jun, 2023 06:21am
World Muslim pilgrims perform Hajj's symbolic stoning of the devil JAMARAT: Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims threw pebbles on giant columns symbolising Satan on Saturday, part of... Updated 09 Jul, 2022 07:28pm
World Pilgrims scale Mount Arafat in high point of biggest Covid-era Hajj MOUNT ARAFAT: Huge crowds of Muslim pilgrims started praying on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat early Friday, the high... Published 08 Jul, 2022 02:00pm
World Saudi welcomes 1m for biggest Hajj pilgrimage since pandemic MAKKAH, (Saudi Arabia): White-robed worshippers from across the world have packed the streets of Makkah as Islam’s... Published 05 Jul, 2022 05:19am
World Saudi nabs nearly 300 Hajj pilgrims lacking permits MAKKAH: Saudi authorities have arrested and fined nearly 300 people caught trying to perform the Hajj without... Published 04 Jul, 2022 08:15pm
World The Hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam MAKKAH: The annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, will start on Wednesday with one million... Updated 04 Jul, 2022 03:36pm