{"id":6960,"date":"2019-01-19T17:38:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T17:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6960-pakistani-airline-to-replace-music-with-quran-in-hajj-flights\/"},"modified":"2019-01-19T17:38:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T17:38:21","slug":"pakistani-airline-to-replace-music-with-quran-in-hajj-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/6960-pakistani-airline-to-replace-music-with-quran-in-hajj-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani airline to replace music with Quran in Hajj flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has banned in-flight entertainment for Hajj and Umrah pilgrims traveling to Jeddah and Medina and will only play Quranic verses and naats for them, an official of the national carrier said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has banned in-flight entertainment for Hajj and Umrah pilgrims traveling to Jeddah and Medina and will only play Quranic verses and naats for them, an official of the national carrier said on Thursday.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cThe decision to play Quranic verses and naats (recitation of poetry praising the Prophet) during taxing and landing for flights to Jeddah and Madina has been taken in light of people\u2019s sentiments,\u201d PIA spokesman Mashhood Tajawar told PTI.<\/h4>\n<h4>No other music will be available in the in-flight entertainment system, he said, adding that the impression that the PIA has banned music on all routes is incorrect.<\/h4>\n<h4>The PIA has also decided to welcome passengers on board with the Qaseeda Burda Sharif (Islamic hymn) playing in the background instead of soft music.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has banned in-flight entertainment for Hajj and Umrah pilgrims traveling to Jeddah and Medina and will only play Quranic verses and naats for them, an official of the national carrier said on Thursday. \u00a0 The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has banned in-flight entertainment for Hajj and Umrah pilgrims traveling to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[759,36,245,224],"class_list":["post-6960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","tag-airplane","tag-pakistan","tag-pilgrims","tag-quran"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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