The number of pilgrims who arrived in Madinah up to Friday, Dec 30, 2005, amounted to 691,297. Out of this number, 488,606 pilgrims have so far left for Makkah. Meanwhile, Hassan al-Bakri, the director general of the branch of the Hajj ministry in Madinah said about 5000 pilgrims have benefited from the center of comprehensive service, recently inaugurated by Prince Abdulaziz bin Majed Bin Abdulaziz, the Governor of Madinah region. He pointed out that the center of comprehensive service benefits from the data base of the data and computer center at the branch of the Hajj ministry in Madinah.
