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Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah: A record increase in the number of pilgrims in 2023

Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah: A record increase in the number of pilgrims in 2023

The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced that the number of pilgrims during 2023 Umrah reached a record high of 13.55 million pilgrims. The ministry: “The largest number of Umrah pilgrims from outside the Kingdom wasestimated at 8.55 million…
Shia protesters rally in Islamabad to denounce ongoing terrorist attacks targeting Shia civilians

Shia protesters rally in Islamabad to denounce ongoing terrorist attacks targeting Shia civilians

A group of Shia Muslims from the Pakistani city of Parachinar organized a protest in front of the Press Club in the capital, Islamabad, to denounce the increasing number of terrorist attacks carried out by extremist groups against Shias, Pakistani…
OCHA: Afghanistan faces severe climate crisis amid ongoing economic, social challenges

OCHA: Afghanistan faces severe climate crisis amid ongoing economic, social challenges

Afghanistan is grappling with a severe climate crisis, marked by its third consecutive year of drought-like conditions, reported the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (OCHA) on Monday. This follows the worst year-round drought in 30 years…
Pakistan decries its unjustified placement by US on religious freedom watch list

Pakistan decries its unjustified placement by US on religious freedom watch list

Pakistan on Monday “categorically rejected” its designation as a “Country of Particular Concern (CPC)” by the US State Department under the International Religious Freedom Act, stressing it is a “pluralistic country, with a rich tradition of interfaith harmony.” Reacting to…
Kashmiris demand settlement of Kashmir dispute within UN framework

Kashmiris demand settlement of Kashmir dispute within UN framework

The people of Jammu and Kashmir want peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute by exercising their right to self-determination through a free and impartial plebiscite held under the supervision of the United Nations. According to activists, the India’s militarily and…
Iraqi PM inaugurates “Ya Hussein” road in Dhi Qar Governorate

Iraqi PM inaugurates “Ya Hussein” road in Dhi Qar Governorate

In the presence of Iraq’s Prime Minister, Muhammad Shaya’a al-Sudani, and other officials and local residents, Dhi Qar governorate in southern Iraq witnessed today Monday the opening of “Ya Hussein” road project. This project, with a total length of three…
Directorate of Roads and Bridges in Holy Karbala begins paving process of Ayenul-Tamur road

Directorate of Roads and Bridges in Holy Karbala begins paving process of Ayenul-Tamur road

The Directorate of Roads and Bridges in Holy Karbala, Iraq, has announced the beginning of the paving process of Ayenul-Tamur road, one of the routes the pilgrims to Imam Hussein Holy Shrine on the Holy Arba’een take on their on-foot…
Pakistan bomb blast kills five polio vaccination guard police

Pakistan bomb blast kills five polio vaccination guard police

A bomb blast in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border killed five police on polio vaccination guard duty and wounded more than 20 on Monday, the latest in a series of attacks by Islamist militants ahead of the Feb. 8…
UN decries deadly terrorist attack on Afghan Hazara community

UN decries deadly terrorist attack on Afghan Hazara community

The United Nations has urged Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to bring to justice the perpetrators of an overnight deadly minibus bombing in Kabul that targeted members of the minority Hazara-Shiite community. Saturday’s attack in the western Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood of the Afghan…
Holy Karbala hosts special ceremony to honor 1,500 girls upon reaching Islamic age of Baloogh

Holy Karbala hosts special ceremony to honor 1,500 girls upon reaching Islamic age of Baloogh

In conjunction with the blessed birth anniversary of Sayyeda Fatima al-Zahra, peace be upon her, more than 1,500 girls have been honored with the hijab in special ceremony held in the holy shrine of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.…
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