Pakistan skipper Babar Azam is going to perform Hajj this year along with thousands of people from Pakistan, sources said on Monday.
They said that the 28-year-old cricketer will be accompanied by his mother on the blessed journey.
The sources said that Babar will leave for Saudi Arabia in the second week of June. On the other hand, reliable sources said that some other cricketers including Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Faheem Ashraf and Fakhar Zaman will also perform Hajj this year.
Moreover, Pakistan’s former Test cricketer Inzamam-ul-Haq will also perform Hajj alongside his wife.
Minister for Religious Affairs Mufti Abdul Shakoor, in March, said that 179,210 Pakistani pilgrims would perform Hajj this year.
Babar, Iftikhar, Faheem, and Haris Rauf followed by other national cricketers performed Umrah in Ramadan.
