Normally, we have seen people going to Umrah on a plane but recently, a group of Pakistani men set social media on fire after they decided to travel to the sacred place on their motorbikes.
Bikers to reach Makkah in the next 10 days
As per the latest details, Mukaram Tareen, a Pakistani biker who has been biking cross-country for the last 30 years has embarked on a spiritual journey to Makkah this time. Along with 24 more bikers from his Cross Route Club, Tareen has recently reached Sharjah after riding for 15 days (2,500 kilometers).
The main goal of the group is to reach Makkah from Pakistan on their motorbikes and perform Umrah. Reportedly, the bikers began their trip from Lahore and got into Iran via the Taftan border and then proceeded to the Bandar Abbas area of Iran to reach Sharjah via ferry service.
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For now, Mukaram Tareen and his biker group will rest in Sharjah for four days and then will continue their journey to the border of Saudi Arabia through Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The whole trip is estimated to be 14,000 kilometers long which will take about 60 days to complete.
“Sharjah is beautiful”
Sharing the plan forward, Mukaram Tareen revealed that the entourage will reach Makkah within the next 10 days to perform Umrah. Upon reaching Sharjah, he said, “This place [Sharjah] is beautiful. This is the first time I’ve been here. I wish to stay here for longer, but we have to stick to our itinerary.”
“We were given a grand welcome by the residents of Sharjah. The moment we landed, people here gave us fruits, tea, and snacks and many of them even invited us to have dinner and lunch with them,” Tareen further added.
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Calling it their longest route to date, he added, “This is our longest route till date. We want to improve our [Pakistan]’s relationship with these six countries we are travelling in.”
“We have been meeting a lot of people along the way, and have invited them to visit our homeland and enjoy the beauty of it. And with this journey, we would like to showcase the beauty of the Middle East’s countries to the world via social media platform”, the biker concluded
We wish Tareen and his team the best of luck!
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