The 130-member delegation of City News Network (CNN) has performed Umrah and they are currently staying in Makkah, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Monday.

It is learnt that members of the delegation are offering prayers and seeking the blessings of God in the holy city.

Special prayers for the development and protection of the country from internal and external threats are also being held by members of the delegation.

Group Editor Naveed Chaudhry, Director News 24NewsHD Mian Tahir, Justice (retd) Nazir Ahmad Ghazi, senior journalists and analysts Sohail Warraich, Saleem Bukhari, Naseem Zahra and Amir Mir, Director Production Khurram Kaleem, Input Head Amir Raza, Controller News Hameed Naqibi, and senior anchorperson Rehan Tariq were among those who performed Umrah.

Similarly, Zaka Ghumman, Syed Zainul Abidin, Syed Sadaqat Shah, Zaheer Kahlon, Khurram Shehzad, Muhammad Kamran, Mohsin Ali, Sohaib Alvi, Atif Shahid, Saadat Mehdi, Irfan Malik, Durre Nayab, Abdul Rashid, Saud Butt, Usman Khan, and Waqar Ghumman are also part of the delegation that performed Umrah.

Moreover, Rao Dilshad Hussain, Tahir Khan, Zeeshan Nazir, Asad Nadeem, Mansoor Bhatti, Malik Ashraf, Ali Ramay, Jahanzeb Khan, Wasim Nisar, Jaffar Bhatti, Imran Siddiqui, Ali Abbas, Jamil Ahmed, Rana Ayaz, Mohsin Bilal, Muhammad Rukhsar, Adnan Ali, Ali Sahi, Shahid Sipra, Syed Akhtar Ali, Yousuf Afsar, Azad Nehrio, and Zaheer Warraich also performed Umrah.

Other employees including Ajwat Butt, Faizan Saleem, Mohsin Ali Sattar, Salman Saeed, Umar Mahmood, Saleem Akhtar, Sheikh Awais, Awais Kiyani, Muhammad Iqbal, Waqas Zaidi, Tayyab Saif, Muhammad Moeez Mir, Wasim Ahmed Mir and others are also among those who performed Umrah.