Kaduna flag-off sale of hajj seats for 2018 intending pilgrims
Kaduna state Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board yesterday flag-off sales of 2018 hajj seats across 23 Local Government Area of the state.
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PM for early finalisation of Hajj Policy 2018
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Wednesday chaired a meeting on Hajj policy at his office. Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Muhammad Yousaf, Religious Affairs Division secretary, Pakistan ambassador to Saudi Arabia and senior officials were present during the meeting.
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Umrah Biometric Visas Could Cause Logistical Inconvenience
A South African accredited Umrah agent has told Radio Islam that while Saudi authorities will be implementing the biometric visa system, it will create a huge logistical inconvenience, as there are only two biometric centers in the entire country.
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Deputy governor of Makkah region oversees Zamzam well project progress
Prince Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdul Aziz, deputy governor of Makkah region, raised the level of coordination between the bodies operating at the Grand Mosque to ensure the movement of crowds to and from the mosque in coordination with the work being carried out on the Zamzam well rehabilitation project, which is scheduled to be completed before the coming month of Ramadan.
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SGS handles over 104,800 pilgrims this Umrah season
The Umrah and Haj Committee of Saudi Ground Services Company (SGS) kicked off its operations during at its first meeting at the company's headquarters in Jeddah on Friday. Chaired by Omar Bin Mohammed Najjar, SGS CEO, and attended by the senior executives of SGS, the committee discussed all set plans and implementation mechanisms, and reviewed all operational needs to ensure their readiness before Nov. 20.
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Hajj 2018: Kaduna pilgrims board commence registration Wednesday
Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board will commence the registration of intending pilgrims for 2018 pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in all the 23 local government areas of the state on Wednesday, 15th November 2017.
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Hajj application to go online, forms available from Nov 15 to Dec 7: Naqvi
Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said they were trying to digitalise Hajj 2018 and that the application forms would be available from November 15 to December 7.
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Thanksgiving Held For A Successful Hajj 2017
The Pilgrims Affairs Office of Ghana (PAOG) at the weekend organised a thanksgiving service in Accra to thank God for a successful Hajj 2017.
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70-year-old Makkah Hajj footage to be auctioned in Dubai
Footage is part of the film titled Pelerins de La Mecque and includes scenes taken by non-Muslims of the annual pilgrimage Media,Saudi Arabia,Middle East,UAE
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King Salman launches 21 Madinah projects
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman attended this evening a reception ceremony held by the citizens of Madinah Region and inaugurated a number of development projects during the ceremony, Saudi Press Agency reported Thursday night.
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Haj, Umrah pilgrims move Supreme Court against new bio-metric verification procedure
The Supreme Court on Wednesday received an application asking the court to intervene and order the government to voice its concern against Saudi Arabia contracting out biometric verification of Haj and Umrah pilgrims to an Indian firm.
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King arrives in Madinah, visits Prophet’s Mosque
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman arrived at Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah Wednesday evening from Riyadh.
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