Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is scheduled to travel to Saudi Arabia on Monday to perform Umrah.
Taking to micro-blogging site X, Omar Abdullah informed: “Alhumdullilah political clearance has come. I will be traveling to Saudi Arabia on Monday to perform Umrah & to offer prayers at Al Masjid an Nabawi (SAW) (The Prophet’s (PBUH) Mosque) in Medina.”
Party sources said the chief minister’s adviser, Nasir Aslam Wani, Minister Javed Dar and MLAs Tanvir Sadiq and Mushtaq Guroo are also likely to accompany Abdullah for the pilgrimage.
Abdullah performed the ‘Umrah’ earlier this year as well. He was then accompanied by his father and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah
