ISLAMABAD: Over 71,000 registered intending pilgrims have applied on completion of the first phase of submission of Haj ...

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Religious Affairs has extended the deadline for receiving Haj-2026 applications under the regular ...

The application process for Haj 2026 has concluded. Applicants are awaiting the Qurrah draw on August 13. The draw will be ...

T.V. Ibrahim alleges conspiracy to deter Haj pilgrims from Calicut airport due to fare disparities, negligence by authorities.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), led by Junaid Akbar Khan, convened on Tuesday to examine audit objections concerning the Ministry of Religious Affairs for fiscal years 2022-23 and 2023-24.

While the haj is now moving towards winter, by the 2040s, it will coincide with the peak of summer in Saudi Arabia. “It is going to be very fatal,” said Dr Fahad Saeed, a climate scientist at ...

The haj takes place over five to six days, mostly outdoors. It has seen a number of disasters over the years, including in 2015 when a stampede during the “stoning the devil” ritual in Mina ...

Haj, a once-in-a-lifetime duty for every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it, is a major source of income for the government from worshippers’ lodging, transport, fees and gifts.

For Indonesian teachers Sutrisno and Sri Wahyuningsih, embarking on the once in a lifetime haj pilgrimage stirs bittersweet emotions. After waiting more than a decade, Sri's parents were supposed ...