‘Awqaf Ministry to improve services at facility for pilgrims’

By JT - Nov 11,2015 - Last updated at Nov 11,2015

AMMAN — The Awqaf Ministry is responsible for improving services presented to 1948-Arabs Hajj and umra performers during their stay in Jordan on the way to Mecca, Awqaf Minister Hayel Dawood said Tuesday.

At a meeting with Knesset member Ayman Odeh, and an accompanying delegation, Dawood added that the ministry is working on overcoming infrastructure shortcomings and problems at the facility dedicated to receiving pilgrims on their way to Mecca, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The ministry, two years earlier, spent JD150,000 on maintenance work of the facility, the minister added.

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