Ramadhan and Hajj 2015

2015

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Farhansa (Farhansa) 2015-08-09 10:27:13 +0500 #221

ahstpk;4873780:

My training was on Aug 6, 2015 (karachi), whereby, it was announced that

[LIST]
[*]Flight Schedule will be announced by Aug 10, 2015;
[*]Vaccination will be available from Aug 12, 2015 (Hajis will be vaccinated even on Aug 14, 2015)
[/LIST]

Well, after having conversation with few fellows, I came to conclusion that those whose flight are earliest will have tough time as they will have hard time to perform tuwaif-e-wdi (which is compulsory). So, i guess the optimum time for leaving is 20-22 Aug, 2015.

In b/w dont know why but i am waiting for Hajj schedule before proceeding to remeber duas/ remebering way of doing hajj and umra (i.e. Fariz, wajibs and sunnats) and even before visiting to purchase anything in this connection. The only good thing till now i did was to ready cloths for Hajj. (P.s i am taking 4 sets of cloths (shalwar kameez) to wear in S.A)

Also, took couple of pictures:
At 10:20 am (time mentioned was 10:00am)

(Around 11:00am)

No presentation was made, generator and talking people at back side were driving me crazy but yet, I showed patience!
It also seemed that i was among 5% people who are doing hajj in early years!
Also, distributed a book from special sect (which of course, i don't follow)

And also distributed leaflets from Hajj ministry

Recommendation: I would recommend:
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[*]To be vaccinated 10 days prior (or at least 7 days) to flight so that we can be saved from injection reaction (if any);
[*]Passport would be available at least 2 days so can't do much in that case;
[*]get used to Hajj chappal now. I have never use hawai chappal so within 1-2 days i m going to buy it and use it in normal wear so that my feet would be ready for journey;
[*]Wear cloths here for few days. Nowadays i m wearing Hajj cloths so that they will become more soft and hawa-daar!
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Hawai chappal is not the only option. I m taking chapal which i use daily. Its a bata chapal. Also i plan to buy a sporty open sandle like kito etc
And cloths include 4 shalwar kurtas, 2 pants and 2-3 tshirts / shirts.
A pair of leather shoes.
You are right. In pakistan majority do hajj in old age. I also observed this while training session.
There is a link on hajjinfo.org site regarding complete info about how to do hajj n umrah. What to take, what to do etc. So its v helpful.

ahstpk (ahstpk) 2015-08-11 01:23:05 +0500 #222

Congrats to everyone.! Flight schedule is now online!
My flight is on Aug 29, 2015 directly to Madina Munawara. Kindly share your schedule.

Farhansa (Farhansa) 2015-08-11 03:05:01 +0500 #223

Yes. I also got my schedule.
Departure 1st sep 2015 jeddah
Return 14 oct 2015
PIA

abzia (abzia) 2015-08-11 03:40:13 +0500 #224

My brother is leaving on the same date, PK7023 ... May be same flight as yours ...

Adeels1 (Adeels1) 2015-08-11 04:44:47 +0500 #225

THANKs ALLAH
I am leaving 8 th september
With saudi air line instead of pia and shaeen

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ibrahimsiddiq2003 (ibrahimsiddiq2003) 2015-08-11 05:01:37 +0500 #226

1st September Destination Madina

ibrahimsiddiq2003 (ibrahimsiddiq2003) 2015-08-11 05:08:15 +0500 #227

where to buy special hajj chappal?

ibrahimsiddiq2003 (ibrahimsiddiq2003) 2015-08-11 05:11:30 +0500 #228

ibrahimsiddiq2003 (ibrahimsiddiq2003) 2015-08-11 05:12:06 +0500 #229

ahstpk (ahstpk) 2015-08-11 12:54:09 +0500 #230

Nope i got Shaheen Airline.. Does't matter to me, its just 4+4 hrs matter (hopefully)..
Further, kindly share the timing of airline from Karachi to Madina/Jeddah!

Mine is NL1296 , which is not appearing anywhere on Shaheen Airline web-site/Karachi airport...

there is only flight appearing on shaheen airline i.e.

[TABLE="class: Schedule, width: 100%, align: center"]
[TR]
[TH="class: StationTitle, colspan: 8, align: center"]KARACHI | MADINAH[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]Flights[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]MON[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]WED[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]THU[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FRI[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]SAT[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]SUN[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: FlightDetail"]NL1234
Economy[/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"] [/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"] [/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"] [/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"] [/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"] [/TD]
[TD="width: 10%"] [/TD]
[TD="class: FlightDetail, width: 10%, align: center"]Date : 16-AUG-15
Dep : 06:00
Arr : 08:00[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 8, align: center"]

[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Farhansa (Farhansa) 2015-08-11 17:27:17 +0500 #231

There is not any specific hajj chapal.
U can use any open chappal which u use in routine.
Go for accurate sized chappal. Bigger or smaler chapal can take u to next world.

Farhansa (Farhansa) 2015-08-12 04:41:29 +0500 #232

Timinng of your bro flight is 0235hrs (2:35am).

hassan79 (hassan79) 2015-08-12 13:50:58 +0500 #233

My flight IA on 18th Aug return flight IA on 29th Sep.

Farhansa (Farhansa) 2015-08-12 16:31:45 +0500 #234

Wow.
U r lucky.

hassan79 (hassan79) 2015-08-12 16:44:32 +0500 #235

^^Bus yaar Allah qabool karee aur aasanian karee

Farhansa (Farhansa) 2015-08-12 21:51:59 +0500 #236

Aameen.
Jaldi janay ka matlab kam rush and early return.

Farhansa (Farhansa) 2015-08-13 11:06:49 +0500 #237

How much Riyals you are going to take with you.
Are 1500 riyals enough?

hassan79 (hassan79) 2015-08-13 11:11:09 +0500 #238

I think they would be enough as it was mentioned in hajj application that every hajji has to arrange 40000 pkr for hajj journey.

ahstpk (ahstpk) 2015-08-13 13:35:21 +0500 #239

I would be taking about SAR ~2000 along with the International Debit card (i.e. mcblite which works online everywhere, in case of emergency). So, in case of any emergency do let me there!

In b/w, if your family uses internet, then i would suggest to activate internet and call with skype free but they are damn exepensvie. Rate comparison is given as follows:

[TABLE="width: 562"]
[TR]
[TD]Particulars[/TD]
[TD]Sawa 25[/TD]
[TD]Sawa Ziyara[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Feature[/TD]
[TD] Fee[/TD]
[TD]Fees[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]SIM Price[/TD]
[TD]SR30[/TD]
[TD]SR30[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Initial Credit[/TD]
[TD]SR25[/TD]
[TD]SR25[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]All national calls[/TD]
[TD]SR0.55 / Minute[/TD]
[TD]SR0.60/min[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]International calls[/TD]
[TD]Starting from SR0.55 / Minute[/TD]
[TD]Starts from SR0.55/min[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Local SMS[/TD]
[TD]SR0.25[/TD]
[TD]SR0.25[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]International SMS[/TD]
[TD]SR0.25[/TD]
[TD]SR0.25[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Easynet (Internet Pay-As-You-Go)[/TD]
[TD]SR2 / MB[/TD]
[TD]SR2/ 1Mb[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Whereas, internet packages (4g) are provided as follows (unfortunately i dont have 4g supported mobile)

[TABLE="width: 273"]
[TR]
[TD]Validity[/TD]
[TD]bandwidth[/TD]
[TD]Amount[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1 month[/TD]
[TD]30 MB[/TD]
[TD]10 SAR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1 month[/TD]
[TD]120 MB[/TD]
[TD]30 SAR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1 month[/TD]
[TD]250 MB[/TD]
[TD]50 SAR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1 month[/TD]
[TD]500 MB[/TD]
[TD]70 SAR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1 month[/TD]
[TD]2 GB[/TD]
[TD]100 SAR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1 month[/TD]
[TD]5 GB[/TD]
[TD]200 SAR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1 Hour[/TD]
[TD]1 Hour Unlimited[/TD]
[TD]10 SAR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1 Day[/TD]
[TD]1 Day Unlimited[/TD]
[TD]24 SAR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1 Week[/TD]
[TD]1 Week Unlimited[/TD]
[TD]99 SAR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1 month[/TD]
[TD]1 Month Unlimited[/TD]
[TD]350 SAR[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3 Months[/TD]
[TD]**3 months Unlimited[/TD]
[TD]500 SAR[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Farhansa (Farhansa) 2015-08-13 13:37:15 +0500 #240

Can u share ur building number?