Fewer people to perform Hajj due to increase in costs - Pakistan
On Friday, due to the significant increase in costs, fewer applications for Hajj, an annual religious obligation, have been received this year, while the Ministry of Religious Affairs has stated that there will be no extension of the deadline, which is set to expire today.
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Bangladesh Hajj registration to begin May 16
The registration process for this year’s Hajj will start from May 16, the ministry of religious affairs had said.
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Haj Committee to provide Standardized baggage to pilgrims of Hajj-2022
In order to avoid inconvenience to the Haj Pilgrims, the Haj Committee of India (HCI) through a circular issued here has informed that, Haj Committee will be providing Standardized Baggage to the Haj Pilgrims.
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Smartphones a must thing for Pilgrims of Hajj
One of the directives is the compulsion imposed on the pilgrims to bring the smartphone along for the Pilgrims of Hajj.
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Ghana’s 2022 Hajj quota pegged at 3,069 pilgrims
The Saudi Arabia Ministry for Hajj and Umrah has announced that Ghana’s quota for this year’s hajj is 3,069 pilgrims. This was made known by the Chairman of the Hajj Board, Sheikh I C Quaye, at a meeting with members of the Hajj Agents Association of Ghana.
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Ministry receives 14,247 Hajj applications in 2 days: Joint Secretary (Pakistan)
The process of submitting applications for government Hajj schemes through banks is underway and the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has received 14,247 Hajj applications through banks in two days.
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Domestic airfares are still on the rise despite GACA’s intervention
Even after two weeks have passed since the intervention of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) to review exorbitant increase in prices of domestic airline tickets, there has been no change or fall in airfares, according to the market sources.
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Hajj officers should reduce pilgrims' high mortality rate: Ministry
Secretary-General of the Ministry of Health Kunta Wibawa Dasa Nugraha urged 98 Hajj officers serving Indonesian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia to help in reducing the relatively high death rate among prospective pilgrims.
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Costs of hajj goes up by over Tk 1 lakh this year
Pilgrims will have to spend more to perform hajj this year as the minimum cost under government management has been fixed at Tk 4,62, 150, over Tk 1 lakh more than 2020...
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Bangladesh announces three Hajj travel packages, cheapest deal to cost Tk 456,530
The Bangladesh government has announced three public and private package deals for this year’s Hajj pilgrimages, with significant price hikes since the last time the travel deals were offered.
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Madina airport to revisit expansion to 12m passengers as pandemic wanes
The operator of Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport has confirmed work to increase its capacity by 50 percent could begin as early as this year.
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Over 1.5 Umrah pilgrims arrive in Madinah during this year’s season
The number of Umrah performers and visitors who arrived in Madinah through air, land and sea ports since the beginning of the Umrah season of this year totaled 1,542,960 Umrah performers, and 1,300,380 have left and 242,580 are still in Madinah till Monday, according to a report issued by the Agency of the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah for the Affairs of Visit in Madinah.
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