{"id":72389,"date":"2025-04-29T12:54:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T07:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=72389"},"modified":"2025-04-29T12:54:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T07:54:05","slug":"hajj-2025-saudi-arabia-imposes-heavy-fines-for-unauthorized-pilgrims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/hajj-2025-saudi-arabia-imposes-heavy-fines-for-unauthorized-pilgrims\/","title":{"rendered":"Hajj 2025: Saudi Arabia imposes heavy fines for unauthorized pilgrims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RIYADH: As<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/govt-announces-free-hajj-for-these-people-in-pakistan\/\"> Hajj pilgrims<\/a> arrive to perform their sacred duty, the Saudi administration announced strict rules for unauthorized individuals entering <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/saudi-delegation-to-review-hajj-2025-arrangements\/\">Saudi Arabia.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyone without the official invitation attempts to enter will face a fine of up to 20,000 riyals, according to the ministry of Interior, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Any assistance to the unofficial pilgrims will lead to a fine of up to 100,000 Riyals. Anyone with a visitor visa, entering the holy sights, will face up to 20,000 riyals fine.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry further noted that those who violate the rules and their facilitators will be deported with 10 10-year ban from entering the country.<\/p>\n<p>These penalties will be enforced from the 1st of Dhul Qadah until the 14th of Dhul Hijjah.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Today, the Hajj 2025 flight operation has <span class=\"diff-highlight\">commenced<\/span> in Pakistan, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">this<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">means<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> sacred journey <span class=\"diff-highlight\">has<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">begun<\/span> for thousands of <span class=\"diff-highlight\">people<\/span>. The first flight, PIA PK-713, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">departs<\/span> from Islamabad International Airport <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> Madinah, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Sardar Muhammad Yousaf, highlighted that the government <span class=\"diff-highlight\">had<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">commitments<\/span> to <span class=\"diff-highlight\">provide<\/span> maximum facilities <span class=\"diff-highlight\">that<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">would<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">meet<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">needs<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> pilgrims <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Pakistan<\/span> during the Hajj season.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"diff-highlight\">The<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">minister<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">also<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">requested<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">that<\/span> the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">pilgrims<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">respect<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">all<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">laws<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">laid<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">out<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">by<\/span> Saudi <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Arabia<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> and <span class=\"diff-highlight\">he<\/span> highlighted the importance of the SIM card and mobile application provided to each pilgrim to\u00a0<span class=\"diff-highlight\">assist<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">them<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">if<\/span> they lose their way <span class=\"diff-highlight\">during<\/span> Mina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIYADH: As Hajj pilgrims arrive to perform their sacred duty, the Saudi administration announced strict rules for unauthorized individuals entering Saudi Arabia.\u00a0 Anyone without the official invitation attempts to enter will face a fine of up to 20,000 riyals, according to the ministry of Interior, Saudi Arabia. Any assistance to the unofficial pilgrims will lead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":69980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[441,427,21026],"class_list":["post-72389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","category-world","tag-pilgrims","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-hajj-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72390,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72389\/revisions\/72390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}