Religion

Pakistan’s Minister for Religious Affairs Mufti Abdul Shakoor on Tuesday said the government had approved a Rs150,000 ($750) subsidy for Hajj pilgrims traveling to Saudi Arabia under the government scheme. Pakistan has been allotted a quota of 81,132 pilgrims for this year’s Hajj, where over 32,000 would go under the …

The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Saturday announced to put a ban on female Hajj assistants during the holy sojourn. The ministry removed the names of the women from the list of female assistants for Hajj 2022.

ISLAMABAD, May 30 : An updated electronic monitoring system has been launched by Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony for promptly resolving intending Hajj pilgrims’ complaints and monitoring overall Hajj operations with the aim to improve quality of services. According to ministry official, the in-built mechanism has been launched …

  ISLAMABAD – The coalition government announced in National Assembly (NA) session to bring down the cost of upcoming Hajj below Rs 650,000. “It has been planned to bring down the cost of upcoming Hajj below 650,000 rupees,” announced Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Mufti Abdul Shakoor on …

ISLAMABAD, May 17 : Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have expressed the desire to further strengthen long-standing fraternal ties, which are based on common religion, shared values and culture. This was discussed at a meeting between President Dr Arif Alvi and Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Ahmad …

Quetta-A seven-year-child was raped inside a madrassah located in Quetta’s Samalani Town near Bakra Mandi. An FIR was registered by the victim’s father, who said that his son went to a shop near their house on Monday afternoon at 1pm, where a boy identified as Abdul Hafeez, son of a …

ISLAMABAD, May 12 : The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday instructed the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) to view the matter pertaining to the actions taken by the police against PTI leaders on the complaints regarding the Masjid-e-Nabvi incident and stopped it from registering cases. Chief Justice Athar Minallah …

ISLAMABAD, May 10 : Pakistan on Tuesday condemned in the strongest possible terms, the highly deplorable incidents involving the playing of Hanuman Chalisa and other Hindu devotional songs on loudspeakers as a counter to the Muslims’ call to prayer (Azaan) at various mosques in Indian state of Karnataka. “The disturbing …

US president sends ‘warmest wishes’ to Muslims on Eidul Fitr ‘Jill and I wish you and your loved ones a Happy Eid,’ says Joe Biden WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden congratulated Muslims worldwide on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the …

Rana Sanaullah asks PTI leadership to condemn Masjid-e-Nabawi incident Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah addressing a press conference in Faisalabad, on May 3, 2022. — YouTube/PTVNews FAISALABAD: The government did not have a first information report (FIR) registered against PTI Chairman Imran Khan, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Tuesday. The …