All scheduled banks: Hajj applications can be submitted till Tuesday ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Religious Affairs has announced that Hajj applications can be submitted in all scheduled... Updated 09 Dec, 2024 09:36am
Pakistan Govt extends deadline for submitting Hajj 2025 applications till Dec 10 The government has extended the deadline to submit applications for Hajj 2025 till December 10, minister for... Updated 03 Dec, 2024 10:59pm
Pakistan Intending pilgrims: Panel comes down hard on Religious Ministry ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Tuesday came down hard on the Religious Affairs Ministry for its incompetence in... Published 20 Nov, 2024 07:18am
Pakistan Hajj 2025: banks start receiving applications from today The process for receiving Hajj applications has started today (Monday) at 15 designated bank branches across the... Updated 18 Nov, 2024 08:48pm
Pakistan PIA to transport 35,000 intending pilgrims of govt Hajj scheme KARACHI: PIA will transport 35,000 intending pilgrims under Government Hajj scheme to Saudi Arabia this year. An... Published 14 Nov, 2024 08:39am
Pakistan Cabinet approves Hajj Policy 2025 ISLAMABAD: Federal Cabinet on Tuesday approved Hajj Policy 2025, besides significant decisions were made including... Published 06 Nov, 2024 05:50am
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 More than 1,000 die in Hajj amid scorching temperatures CAIRO/RIYADH, June 23 (Reuters) - More than 1,000 people died during Hajj this year, according to a Reuters tally, ... Published 24 Jun, 2024 08:35am
Pakistan PIA transports 325 pilgrims to Lahore LAHORE: In its post-Hajj flight operation, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Friday transported 325... Published 22 Jun, 2024 06:47am
World Death toll tops 1,000 after Hajj marked by extreme heat: AFP tally RIYADH: The death toll from this year’s Hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half of... Updated 20 Jun, 2024 08:59pm
World Loved ones search for missing as Hajj death toll passes 900 RIYADH: Friends and family searched for missing Hajj pilgrims on Wednesday as the death toll at the annual rituals,... Published 20 Jun, 2024 06:01am
World At least 600 pilgrims reported dead amid intense heat during Hajj this year Deceased include as many as 323 Egyptians Updated 19 Jun, 2024 10:04pm
World Jordan, Tunisia report additional Hajj heat deaths RIYADH: The death toll from extreme heat during the Hajj pilgrimage rose Tuesday, with Jordan and Tunisia reporting... Published 19 Jun, 2024 03:25pm
World At least 19 Hajj pilgrims dead in Saudi Arabia AMMAN: At least 19 Jordanian and Iranian pilgrims have died while on the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, ... Updated 17 Jun, 2024 05:50am
World Hajj pilgrims ‘stone the devil’ as Muslims mark Eid al-Adha MINA: Pilgrims perform the last major ritual of the Hajj, the “stoning of the devil”, in western Saudi Arabia on... Updated 16 Jun, 2024 09:43pm
Pakistan ‘Road to Mecca Project’ set to commence on 9th KARACHI: The Road to Mecca Project, which will facilitate over 16,000 government-sponsored Hajj pilgrims from... Published 04 May, 2024 05:48am
Pakistan ‘Steps taken to provide maximum facilities to Hajj pilgrims’ LAHORE: The caretaker Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Aneeq Ahmad has said his ministry is... Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am
Pakistan Hajj app launched to facilitate pilgrims KARACHI: The Caretaker Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Aneeq Ahmed on Saturday said... Published 11 Feb, 2024 05:35am
Print Govt to collect Hajj expenses in USD from next year ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Talha Mehmood on Sunday announced that all the intending pilgrims... Updated 03 Jul, 2023 12:41pm
Pakistan Memon calls to remember flood victims on Eid HYDERABAD: Sindh Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon talking to the media... Published 02 Jul, 2023 03:13am
World 2,000 Hajj pilgrims hit by heat stress: Saudi officials MAKKAH: More than 2,000 pilgrims have suffered heat stress during the Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi officials said ... Updated 30 Jun, 2023 10:04am
Print Millions of faithful perform Hajj MOUNT ARAFAT: Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims prayed at Mount Arafat in searing heat on Tuesday at the height of... Updated 28 Jun, 2023 09:01am
World Millions head to Makkah for Hajj in Saudi heat MAKKAH: Enormous crowds of worshippers thronged Makkah, Islam’s holiest city, on Friday for the biggest Hajj... Updated 23 Jun, 2023 11:53pm
World Plane leaves Yemen capital for Saudi, first since 2016: official SANAA: The first commercial flight from Yemen's rebel-held capital to Saudi Arabia since 2016 took off carrying hajj... Published 17 Jun, 2023 11:16pm
Pakistan First-ever nutrition programme for Hajj pilgrims launched LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) Director General (DG) Raja Jahangir Anwar inaugurated the Nutritional Guide Desk... Published 14 Jun, 2023 06:21am
Print ‘Road-to-Makkah’: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia agree to implement project ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Interior Minister Dr Nasir Bin Abdul Aziz... Updated 18 May, 2023 03:23pm
World Maskless pilgrims launch largest Hajj of Covid era MAKKAH: The biggest hajj pilgrimage since the Covid pandemic began kicked off Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands... Published 07 Jul, 2022 07:36am
Pakistan Strict Saudi law: Hajj pilgrims warned against drug trafficking ISLAMABAD: Pilgrims performing Hajj 2022 have been warned to desist from carrying prohibited drugs to the Holy Land... Published 13 Jun, 2022 07:11am
World Saudi receives first foreign Hajj pilgrims since before pandemic RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Saturday welcomed its first batch of Hajj pilgrims since before the coronavirus pandemic,... Updated 04 Jun, 2022 09:11pm
Sanctions on Pakistan’s missile program not meant to ‘color other areas of cooperation’: US State Dept
Sanctions on Pakistan’s missile program not meant to ‘color other areas of cooperation’: US State Dept