Doha, May 25 (QNA) - HE Minister of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs, Ghanem bin Shaheen bin Ghanem Al Ghanim, issued a ministerial decision forming the Qatari Hajj Mission for the 1446 AH 2025 season, and designating the affiliated support units operating under its framework.

The move is part of the broader scope of the nation's sustained and high-level efforts to ensure that pilgrims from Qatar perform their rituals with utmost ease, safety, and spiritual reassurance, under an integrated and well-coordinated institutional umbrella.

Pursuant to this decision, HE Minister of Awqaf shall head the Qatari Hajj Mission, with the Director of the Department of Hajj and Umrah Affairs, Ali bin Sultan Al Misifri, appointed as Deputy Head of the Mission.

The Mission shall include members representing key government entities, namely the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Public Health, and Awqaf, to ensure synergized efforts and coordinated functions in serving the nation's pilgrims.

The decision further stipulates the establishment of an advisory committee, along with a set of specialized administrative and technical units, composed of the religious guidance and fatwa unit, the medical services unit, the inspection and oversight unit, the public relations and media unit, the secretariat unit, the information systems unit, the coordination, follow-up, and airport affairs unit, the financial unit, the communications and support unit, the pilgrimage services unit, the holy sites security unit, and the logistics unit.

An official media mission representing the nation's media institutions is escorting the Qatari Hajj Mission, namely representatives of Qatar Television, Al Rayyan Satellite Channel, and Qatar Radio, to cover the Mission's efforts and constantly broadcast the pilgrimage atmospheres and highlight Qatar's efforts in serving its pilgrims. (QNA)