291 more Haj pilgrims arrive in Kashmir from Jeddah

Srinagar, Feb 3 (UNI) Another batch of 291 haj pilgrims, including 107 women from Jammu and Kashmir, arrived here from Jeddah in two special flights today.

A total of more than 10,000 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir peformed the pilgrimage this year.

Twelve rptg twelve pilgrims from the state, including Ghulam Qadir Bhat,elder brother of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, died in the holy cities of Mecca and Madina durig the pilgrimage.

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