Umrah flights to resume once coronavirus situation improves, Saudi envoy tells Pakistani minister 

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In this file photo Pakistani pilgrims wait in queue to clear security as part of the first group to arrive in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Hajj on July 24, 2017. (AFP/File)
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  • Saudi Ambassador Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Maliki calls on Pakistani Interior Minister Ijaz Ahmad Shah
  • Shah pledges to strengthen bilateral relations, says the two nations are “two bodies, one soul”

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Ambassador Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Maliki called on Pakistani Interior Minister Ijaz Ahmad Shah at the Ministry of Interior and said flights for the Umrah pilgrimage would resume as soon as the coronavirus situation improved, the interior ministry said. 

The Saudi ambassador extended his condolences to Shah on the death of his brothers and prayed for his family. 

“Interior Minister Ijaz Ahmad Shah inquired about the coronavirus situation and the resumption of flights for Umrah,” the ministry said in a statement. “The Saudi ambassador said that the flights will resume as soon as the situation improves.”

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have fraternal relations not only at the governmental level but also at the public level, Shah was quoted as saying, adding that “Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are two bodies, one soul.”
The meeting concluded with a pledge to further strengthen bilateral relations in the days to come.