{"id":89319,"date":"2025-07-11T23:49:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T18:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/?p=89319"},"modified":"2025-07-11T23:49:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T18:19:05","slug":"hajj-2025-final-batch-of-jk-pilgrims-returns-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/11\/hajj-2025-final-batch-of-jk-pilgrims-returns-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Hajj-2025: Final batch of J&#038;K pilgrims returns home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>3,606 performed Hajj this year: Dr Shujhat Qureshi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Srinagar, Jul 11 (KNO): The final batch of Hajj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir returned home on Friday, marking the successful conclusion of this year\u2019s pilgrimage, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Dr Shujhat Qureshi, Executive Officer of the J&amp;K Hajj Committee, confirmed that a total of 3,606 pilgrims from the region performed Hajj in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the last group of our pilgrims for this year and the last flight from India with 160 passengers,\u201d Dr Qureshi said. He added that among the pilgrims this two pilgrims including one male and one female\u2014both from Srinagar passed away during the pilgrimage and were laid to rest in Makkah.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In terms of embarkation, he said most pilgrims departed from Srinagar Airport, while 480 left from Delhi, 10 from Mumbai and 2 from Hyderabad. An additional 242 pilgrims were from Ladakh, also facilitated via Srinagar.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the pilgrims&#8217; experience, Dr Qureshi said that the feedback this year was among the best in recent times, especially regarding on-ground arrangements in Saudi Arabia. \u201cOnly airline services drew some concerns from the pilgrims,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said that one J&amp;K pilgrim remains in Saudi Arabia due to medical observation. \u201cThe J&amp;K Hajj Committee is closely monitoring the case in coordination with CGI Jeddah,\u201d Dr Qureshi said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the fee structure for the upcoming Hajj, Dr Qureshi clarified that no changes have been confirmed so far, and rates will be determined once the tendering process is finalised.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeventy percent of pilgrims go through the government quota managed by the Hajj Committee, while thirty percent use the private quota. The overall quota for India for Hajj 2026 is likely to be announced by July 15,\u201d he stated\u2014(KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3,606 performed Hajj this year: Dr Shujhat Qureshi &nbsp; Srinagar, Jul 11 (KNO): The final batch of Hajj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir returned home on Friday, marking the successful conclusion of this year&rsquo;s pilgrimage, officials said. &nbsp; Speaking to the news agency&mdash;Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Dr Shujhat Qureshi, Executive Officer of the J&amp;K Hajj [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kashmir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89321,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89319\/revisions\/89321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}