BENTONG: Several procedures, including those related to visas, are being looked into, before allowing Malaysians to perform umrah, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious ...

The increasing cost of travel and visas has made it difficult for many to perform Umrah, especially during Ramadan. With ...

Rising inflation has made Umrah increasingly expensive, with costs surging from Rs200,000 to over Rs350,000 in just six ...

The brothers, under the false promise of the job of a cook or gardener, were sold as war slaves in Russia. Each of them had to pay around Tk 8 lakh to the agency for the jobs, but were later told that ...

A former official with the government’s Pilgrim Experience Programme tells me there must also be a focus on education.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Immigration Unit at Karachi Airport also intercepted four women traveling on Umrah visas, suspecting they were being trafficked for forced labour in Saudi ...

Pakistan's FIA has implemented stringent travel regulations for first-time travelers, particularly those aged around 35 from specific regions, amid visa misuse concerns. The agency has identified ...

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Immigration has successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle four women to Saudi Arabia under the guise of Umrah visas, revealing a human trafficking network ...

Preliminary investigations revealed that the accused had traveled to Saudi Arabia on Umrah visas but had been involved in begging activities for several months. Saudi authorities apprehended the ...

Two of the passengers were travelling on fake documents and attempted to fly to Italy and the United States from Saudi Arabia where they went on Umrah visas. According to an FIA official ...

The Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council has announced the resumption of Hajj registration, which was suspended two weeks ago.

Immigration officials at airports are thoroughly verifying passenger documents and conducting interviews to ascertain their ...