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SAKRAN, HUB: Attired in an expressly white dress, further adorned with a white muslin cloth draped across body and a white turban, the 82-year-old...

KSA has allowed all international airlines to fly in pilgrims with valid visas which it had earlier suspended due to novel coronavirus spread

Pakistanis will be able to submit their application for Umrah pilgrimage under the new regulations.

Saudi government has taken an important decision to allow those expelled from the country to visit the kingdom for Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages.

Police said the bus carrying 32 passengers plunged 70 metres (230 feet) onto a lower stretch of the winding road in Sindhupalchowk district, around 80 kilometres north-east of the capital Kathmandu.

Pakistan International Airline (PIA) has successfully completed its post-hajj flight operations with millions saved in expenditures from the previous years.

MECCA: More than two million Muslims from around the globe on Sunday started the hajj pilgrimage at Islam's holiest sites in Saudi Arabia, one...

ISLAMABAD: The Saudi embassy has confirmed for no ban on the citizens of Qatar to perform Hajj or Umrah. They pleasantly welcome Qatari pilgrims and...

ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday announced the new Hajj Policy under which 179,210 Pakistani intending pilgrims will perform the religious obligation. Minister for Religious Affairs...

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Muhammad Yousaf has said that Hajj applications will be accepted from 17th to 26th of this month. SCROLL DOWN FOR...

At this very moment, millions of Muslims from all around the world are performing their Hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca. In 1964 Malcolm X did just that. The Hajj journey drastically changed the course of his life. It especially changed his views on racism. He was so humbled from his experience that he wrote this letter during his time in Mecca.

TEHRAN: With Iranians barred from the annual hajj pilgrimage, thousands protested in Tehran on Friday and officials criticised Saudi Arabia's refusal to discuss last year's deadly stampede.

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia said talks on Wednesday with visiting Iranian delegates on arrangements for hajj pilgrims from the Islamic republic have been "positive".