ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has deployed trained guides to assist pilgrims during the Hajj pilgrimage, the country’s religious affairs ministry said on Friday, as the number of Pakistani pilgrims arriving in Saudi Arabia surpassed 160,000.
The Pakistani religious affairs ministry each year appoints Hajj guides and support staff, who help Pakistani pilgrims perform Hajj rituals while ensuring they remain informed and organized throughout the sacred journey.
In addition to religious guidance, the support staff provides administrative, medical, and logistical assistance to pilgrims in Makkah and Madinah, ensuring that the pilgrims perform Hajj with ease.
“The [religious affairs] ministry has completed training and appointment of guides for Hajj,” Pakistan’s Religious Affairs Minister Sardar Mohammad Yousaf was quoted as saying by his ministry.
“Each group of 188 pilgrims will perform Hajj rituals under the leadership of a guide.”
