ISLAMABAD – Pakistan seek another good news from Saudi Arabia government onRoad to Makkah Project for Pakistanis.
Saudi authorities have assured Pakistan to make utmost effort to extend theRoad to Makkah facility to other cities apart from Islamabad for nextyear’s Hajj.
Talking to News and Current affairs Channel of Radio Pakistan, Spokespersonof Ministry of Religious Affairs Imran Siddiqui pointed out that the pilotproject of Road to Makkah in Islamabad remained very successful.
He said the Saudi Minister for Hajj during his talks with Minister forReligious Affairs Noor-ul-Haq Qadri yesterday was appreciative of thesuccessful and smooth conduct of the Road to Makkah project in the federalcapital.
He said under this facility, immigration of about twenty two thousandPakistani pilgrims was cleared at Islamabad International Airport.
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Imran Siddiqui said Pakistan has now requested Saudi authorities to extendthis facility to the cities of Karachi, Lahore, Quetta and Peshawar. Hesaid the extension of Road to Makkah facility to these cities will helpPakistan clear immigration of about ninety to ninety percent of itspilgrims at domestic airports.
The spokesperson said Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have also formed acommittee to timely address the complaints of Pakistani pilgrims regardingfood and transport in Mina, Muzdalifah and Arafat.
Imran Siddiqui expressed the confidence that Hajj 2020 will be made thebest in terms of arrangements.
