गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ Home Minister Khand sees off Haj pilgrims Nepal Home Minister Khand sees off Haj pilgrims KathmanduPati June 24, 2022 KATHMANDU – Home Minister Balkrishna Khand has seen off the Haj pilgrims who are leaving for Mecca Medina, Saudi Arabia. Home Minister Khand reached Tribhuvan International Airport this morning and bade farewell to 113 pilgrims leading to Mecca. The government had allocated seats to 555 persons for Haj pilgrimage this year. While seeing of the pilgrims, Minister Khand said government treats and respects all religions equally. The tradition of Haj pilgrimage has made Nepal known to the world, which the Minister believed, would foster fraternity. Also attending the farewell event were Joint General Secretary of Nepali Congress, Mahendra Yadav and Chairperson of Nepal Haj Committee, Shumsher Minya. The pilgrims are visiting Saudi Arabia via the Air Arabia aircraft. Write your comments RELATED NEWS President inspects Kathmandu-Terai/Madhesh Fast Track (Expressway) Road Project Cyber Bureau cautions all not to answer calls from unknown… Leader Koirala, former UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,… Nepal-India teaming up for promoting cross-border religious tourism Snowfall in Humla PM Oli pledges to support tourism industry Top Headlines Scrutinizing Relevance of Prithivi Narayan Shah´s Thoughts and Strategy1 Relevance of Prithivi Narayan Shah in Contemporary Nepal2 Ncell is the FIRST Nepali Telecom Company to receive ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certifications for information security and data privacy3 PM Oli extends New Year greetings4 PM Oli, Sri Lankan’s former President meet5 NA team sets out on Gorakha-Kathmandu march to promote ‘unification route’6 Gold price ups Rs 2,000 per tola7 HoR Secretary Rai sworn in8 TRENDING What role has the Nepal Army been playing in controlling the coronavirus? Nepal Army initiates investigation into case of financial irregularities by Lieutenant Colonel Janmat Karki We need to be serious about the international scenario post-Covid: Dr. Nischal N. Pandey Lockdown 2.0: What the Government should do this time around Nepal Army’s Brigadier General Bigyan Dev Pandey gets promoted to Major General Govt Making Preparations to Reduce the Tenure of Armed Police Force’s IG to Three Years Tourism entrepreneurs get crash course in Chinese language Empowering the Journey of Digital Nepal Through Connectivity and Data