Tue, 21-Oct-2025

PIA starts bringing Hajj pilgrims back to Pakistan

Intended pilgrims have submitted a total of 1, 49,330 Hajj applications at the designated banks across Pakistan under the government scheme.

PIA began its operation to bring Hajj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia. The special Hajj flights began on Saturday (August 17) and will end on September 14. According to the details, PIA’s first post-Hajj flight PK-8702 with 166 pilgrims on board landed at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi today. The flight was departed from Jeddah airport. The … Read more

Hajj 2019: Pilgrims set out for Mount Arafat

Hajj 2019 starts

After spending a night of meditation and introspection in the tent city of Mina, the pilgrims headed to Mount Arafat, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of Makkah as Hajj 2019 starts. According to details, the Hajj 2019 starts as pilgrims will spend the entire day on the Arafat plateau while praying continuously and asking … Read more

Hajj 2019: Thousands of pilgrims continue to stream into Mina

The pilgrims stream into Mina

More than two million Muslims begin the annual hajj on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims continue to stream into Mina, a district of Mecca. Mina sits in a narrow valley surrounded by Rocky Mountains and is the largest tent city in the world. It can accommodate more than two million pilgrims. A total of … Read more

Sheikh Al Sudais: No for politicization of Hajj Project moderation

Sheikh Al Sudais: No for politicization of Hajj Project moderation

A top Saudi scholar has urged pilgrims to stay away from any acts that would politicize the annual pilgrimage. President of General Presidency of Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Sudais on Tuesday said Saudi Arabia is a prominent symbol of moderation and peaceful coexistence. He stressed the media to create … Read more

Military parade in Mecca ahead of Hajj

Military parade in Makkah ahead of Hajj

Saudi Arabia held an extra ordinary military parade displaying soldiers and other forces who will be responsible for the security of next week’s Hajj pilgrimage here in Makkah. Almost all Saudi security forces participated in the annual military parade ahead of Hajj as pilgrims around the world started to converge towards the Muslim holy city … Read more

UAE sends 175 Pakistanis on Hajj

Hajj 2019

United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent 175 Pakistanis to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj. According to details, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed of the United Arab Emirates did not forget to express his love for Pakistan. On his special guidance 175 deserving Pakistanis have departed to perform Hajj. One hundred and … Read more

British cyclists complete London-Medina cycle ahead of Hajj pilgrimage

8 British Muslims cyclists completes London-Medina tour for Hajj pilgrimage

A group of eight men from London started their journey to Medina through bicycle on 7 June this year and have finally reached Medina to perform Hajj rituals, they named their journey “Tour De Hajj”. Under this journey they traveled 4000 miles, 17 countries and took 60 days to reach their holy destination with a … Read more