{"id":17079,"date":"2026-02-18T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/02\/18\/strengthening-hajj-training-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:04:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:04:00","slug":"strengthening-hajj-training-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/02\/18\/strengthening-hajj-training-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening Hajj Training Ahead of 2026 Pilgrimage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sardar Muhammad Yousaf<\/strong>, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, lauded the high standards of Hajj training after a certificate ceremony at the Hajj Complex in Islamabad. He said the government will ensure that pilgrims travelling for Hajj 2026 receive equal and quality facilities for food, accommodation and transport, and that the trained Khudam al-Hajj are ready to maintain discipline and handle potential challenges in line with Saudi regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The minister noted that roughly 38,000 applicants vied for service roles and 800 were selected through a competitive process to become Khudam al-Hajj. He described the role as an honour and a responsibility that combines service to the pilgrims with spiritual rewards. He emphasised that serving Hajj pilgrims brings immense merit and that the ministry values the devotion and discipline demonstrated by its teams.<\/p>\n<p>Officials including CFO and Khudam al-Hajj coordinator <strong>Zulfiqar Khan<\/strong> and Director of the Hajj Complex <strong>Qazi Sami-ur-Rehman<\/strong> attended the event. The ministry said the successful candidates completed a 10-day training programme based on modern models and selected through the NTS test. A second phase of specialised training will follow to ensure each team member knows their duties before departure to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>To improve support for women pilgrims, the ministry has increased the number of female staff from 45 to 85. The minister highlighted the ministry&#8217;s strong track record, recalling five quality Hajj operations between 2013 and 2018 and recent recognition from the Saudi Ministry of Hajj with an Excellency Award, along with a commendation shield from the Prime Minister of Pakistan. He said the ultimate measure of success remains positive feedback from pilgrims.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry confirmed that this year nazimeen will accompany Pakistani pilgrims throughout all stages of Hajj and return with the same groups to Pakistan, providing continuous on-ground coordination. With reinforced Hajj training and enhanced staffing, authorities said they are confident the mission for Hajj 2026 will be more effective and responsive to pilgrims&#8217; needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hajj training praised by the Religious Affairs Minister as Pakistan prepares 800 trained Khudam al-Hajj to deliver quality pilgrim services for Hajj 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}