The Ministry of Interior of Saudi Arabia has launched the ‘Road to Makkah’ initiative for year 2022 to facilitate Hajj pilgrims belonging to Pakistan and five other countries after much anticipation.
The initiative that also includes Malaysia, Indonesia, Morocco and Bangladesh this year was first launched in 2019. In an official statement, the Saudi ministry said that the initiative aimed to receive the pilgrims and complete their procedures from their countries with ease.
It further stated that in a meeting on Hajj 2022 under the project, Minister for Religious Affairs Mufti Abdul Shakoor and Saudi Arabia Ambassador Nawaf bin Saeed al-Maliki expressed satisfaction over the arrangements made for the pilgrims at Islamabad Airport.
