Covid-19: Indian pilgrims will not travel to Saudi Arabia for Haj 2020, says Naqvi

The govt has decided that Muslims from India will not travel to Saudi Arabia for Haj 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Tuesday. The decision was taken after Saudi Arabia's Haj and Umrah minister Mohammad Saleh bin Taher Benten telephoned last night and suggested not to send pilgrims from India.