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
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