BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network): Family members and friends eagerly welcomed home the first returning hajj flight carrying 252 pilgrims who arrived at the Brunei International Airport at 8.51am on Wednesday (July 5).
Also welcoming the pilgrims were Minister of Religious Affairs Ustaz Awang Badaruddin Awang Othman, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Defence II as chairman of board of directors of Perbadanan Tabung Amanah Islam Brunei (TAIB) Major General (Rtd) Awang Halbi Mohd Yussof, and Minister of Health Mohammad Isham Jaafar.
Among the returning pilgrims were four Hajj Management Officers (Administration and Medical), 47 pilgrims from Darussalam Services Sdn Bhd, 71 pilgrims from Straits Central Agencies (B) Sdn Bhd, 40 Titian Travel and Tours Sdn Bhd pilgrims, 53 Al-Hijrah Travel and Tours Sdn Bhd pilgrims and 37 At-Taqwa Travel Tours Sdn Bhd pilgrims.
– The Star