Tag: Hajj

LHC prohibits private Hajj tour operators from booking

The Lahore High Court (LHC) has prohibited private tour operators from accepting Hajj applications following the stay order on the Hajj quota allocation issued...

LHC prohibits private Hajj tour operators from booking

The Lahore High Court (LHC) has prohibited private tour operators from taking Hajj applications following the stay order on Hajj quota allocation issued on...

Agreement for Hajj 2012 signed with Saudi Arabia: Khursheed

The National Assembly was informed on Friday that Pakistan Hajj delegation visited Saudi Arabia and signed an annual agreement for Hajj 2012. Responding to a...

Minister asks HGOs to work with dedication

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khursheed Shah Tuesday urged Haj Group Operators (HGO) to work with dedication, commitment and responsibility to ensure that...

Pakistan demands additional Hajj quota

Pakistan has demanded Saudi Arabia for an additional ex-gratia quota for additional 10,000 Hajj pilgrims this year. It should be mentioned that Pakistan and Saudi...

PIA to convince Saudis on easing passenger flow at Haj terminals

The PIA management will visit Saudi Arabia in February to meet Saudi authorities and convince them to take a number of measures, which, it...

Defying logic

A long haul to March Going by the prime minister’s somersaults in the last few days, one can only surmise that there “something is rotten...

Delayed Haj flights

Delayed Haj flights have multiplied miseries of friend and families who arrive at airport to receive their near and dear ones coming from Saudi...

PIA not only airline facing delay, says spokesman

Thirteen Airlines including PIA operating from Jeddah Hajj terminal on post Hajj departures of Hajjis to different countries are facing six to eight hours...

Kundi to take up Hajj flights issue in NA

National Assembly Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi on Monday said that issue of mismanagement in Hajj flights would be taken up in the parliament. During...

‘Late arrival of hajaj causing flight delays’

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has so far operated 38 haj flights, bringing home over 15,000 hajaj, a spokesman for the airline said on...

First Hajj flight 205 pilgrim onboard lands in Quetta

The first Hajj flight carrying 205 Hujjaj after the delay of five hour landed at Quetta International Airport on Friday. As per details, PIA’s...

Delayed hajj flights irk pilgrims

The delay in arrival of the hajj flights caused agitation amongst the pilgrims as well as the relatives who had come to receive their...

Islam abhors terrorism, preaches tolerance: grand mufti

Delivering the Haj Sermon from Masjid-e-Nimra on Saturday, Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Abdul Aziz exhorted the faithful to introduce Islam as a...

Mufti Azam urges unity in Hajj sermon

Mufti Azam Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah delivered hajj sermon in Masjid-e-Nimra at Mount Arafat, urging Muslims to forge unity. More than 2.5...

Pakistani pilgrims facing problems again

Pakistani pilgrims are again facing problems this year while performing the religious obligation of Hajj in Minna. According to a private television channel, the...

Watch Hajj Live

More than 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims began on Friday the rites of the hajj, leaving the holy city of Makkah for Mount Arafat. Pakistan Today...