ISLAMABAD: As many as 4.650 million Umrah visas were issued by Kingdom of Saudi Arabia till the end of the fifth month of the Umrah season which began on November 13 and will continue until late July.
“So far 4.1 million Umrah pilgrims have arrived in the Kingdom,” deputy chairman of the National Haj and Umrah Committee Abdullah Al-Qadi said.
He noted that during the past two months, the number of Umrah pilgrims from certain countries has gone up raising the number of pilgrims by about two percent over their number at the same time last year, Saudi Gazette reported.
He expected the number of pilgrims to further increase during the three remaining months of the season and said Egypt is leading the countries in the number of the Umrah pilgrims followed by Pakistan and Indonesia.
