The meeting comes just days before the first batch of the pilgrims leave for Saudi Arabia starting July 14.
Around 800 pilgrims were due to leave Iran on three flights to nearby Medina on Sunday, the director of the hajj at Iran's Haj and Pilgrimage Organisation, Nasrollah Farahmand told state media. (Photo: AFP/Representational)
New Delhi: A delegation of Delhi State Haj Committee on Friday met Union minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and discussed various issues related to facilities for pilgrims.
The meeting comes just days before the first batch of the pilgrims leave for Saudi Arabia starting July 14. “The committee delegation, led by its chairperson Haji Mohammad Ishraq Khan met me on Friday and discussed various issues concerned to Haj and various facilities for the pilgrims,” Mr Naqvi tweeted. Flights for Haj will start from July 14, when the pilgrims from Delhi, Gaya, Guwahati, Lucknow, and Srinagar will embark on the pilgrimage.
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