{"id":253969,"date":"2022-04-10T00:32:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T19:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=253969"},"modified":"2022-04-10T00:32:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T19:32:37","slug":"saudi-arabia-to-welcome-a-million-hajj-pilgrims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/saudi-arabia-to-welcome-a-million-hajj-pilgrims\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia to welcome a million Hajj pilgrims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> KABUL<br \/>\nThe government of Saudi Arabia has decided to raise the number of Hajj pilgrims for the current year to one million from inside and outside the Kingdom.<br \/>\nThe Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Saturday the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah had authorised a million pilgrims, both foreign and domestic, to perform Hajj this year (1443H\/2022). The ministry said the Kingdom was keen on ensuring that the maximum number of Muslims worldwide could perform Hajj and visit the Prophet\u2019s Mosque in a safe and spiritual atmosphere.<br \/>\nThe number of pilgrims coming from specific countries for this year\u2019s Hajj will be in accordance with the quotas allocated to each and in consideration of compliance with health guidelines.<br \/>\nThe ministry has clarified that this year\u2019s Hajj will be conducted according to the following regulations:<br \/>\nThis year\u2019s Hajj is open to those who are under 65 years old and have received approved COVID-19 vaccinations by the Saudi Ministry of Health.<br \/>\nPilgrims coming from outside the Kingdom are required to submit a negative COVID-19 PCR test result performed within 72 hours of the time of departure for the Kingdom.<br \/>\nThe ministry has instructed that all pilgrims must follow the health instructions and comply with precautionary measures to preserve their health and safety while performing the Hajj rituals. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL The government of Saudi Arabia has decided to raise the number of Hajj pilgrims for the current year to one million from inside and outside the Kingdom. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Saturday the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah had authorised a million pilgrims, both foreign and domestic, to perform Hajj [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-253969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Saudi Arabia to welcome a million Hajj pilgrims<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/saudi-arabia-to-welcome-a-million-hajj-pilgrims\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saudi Arabia to welcome a million Hajj pilgrims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"KABUL The government of Saudi Arabia has decided to raise the number of Hajj pilgrims for the current year to one million from inside and outside the Kingdom. 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