First batch of Hajj pilgrims departs to Mecca
The first batch of Hajj pilgrims to go from Maldives has departed to Mecca, Saudi Arabia last night.
Over 75,840 pilgrims have so far returned from Saudi Arabia after performing Hajj since the beginning of the post-Hajj flight operation on December 12 to transport 164,647 Hujjaj under the government and private schemes.