The federal government has approved the Hajj Policy 2022 and has announced a subsidy of Rs 1.5 lakh for Hajj this year. Speaking at a press ...
The federal government has approved the Hajj Policy 2022 and has announced a subsidy of Rs 1.5 lakh for Hajj this year.
Speaking at a press conference at the Ministry of Religious Affairs on Tuesday, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Mufti Abdul Shakoor said that Hajj is an important religious and religious duty and after a gap of two years, Saudi authorities allowed international Hajj with limited Hajj quota for which We are grateful to the Saudi government and the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
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He said that after a gap of two years, Pakistan's Hajj quota is 81,210. This Hajj is being conducted under extraordinary circumstances. Savings for which the entire staff deserves tribute and started receiving Hajj applications with 50,000 tokens before Eid-ul-Fitr.
He said that due to the depreciation of the rupee against the dollar and the economic situation, the previous government had made the Hajj very expensive. If we had not tried, the Hajj would have reached Rs. 1.1 million. 8 lakh 387 and Rs. 7 lakh 91 thousand 337 was announced for the Southern Region. This included sacrifice. The rate of Saudi compulsory Hajj expenditure in Hajj package is 51%.
The Federal Minister for Religious Affairs said that he had made efforts to reduce the Hajj expenses and as a result of these efforts he was grateful to the Federal Cabinet especially to the Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif for approving the support amount of Rs. 150,000.
He said that the Prime Minister and the Cabinet have announced a support price of Rs. 1.5 million, thanks to which the Hajj package without sacrifice will be Rs. Under the project, Hijaz Muqaddas will leave on June 6.
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"We have got affordable buildings in Makkah and Madinah, we have taken steps to save on food, we have agreed to three meals a day for the pilgrims for 27 riyals, and we have got the nearest residential buildings," he said.
Mufti Abdul Shakoor said that we have done 6 months of work in one month, Hajj pilgrims should be satisfied, Ministry staff, banks and airlines are working in a cheerful manner. Will be done via SMS and website.
He said that a total of 810 pilgrims are going on Hajj, their visas are provided by Saudi authorities, they include seasonal staff, Khudaim Al-Hajjaj and other assistants.
In response to a question, he said that the number of those who failed in the lottery for the last two years had exceeded the quota of the government scheme this year. Are
In response to another question, he said that Saudi Arabia has started Hajj in difficult circumstances for which we are grateful to them and the Saudi embassy has assured that Hajj visas will be issued on time.
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He clarified that Hajj subsidy is legally permissible, Darul Uloom Deoband has issued a fatwa for Indian Hajj operation that facilities can be provided to the pilgrims, besides the Holy Prophet sacrificed for 700 people.
Responding to a question regarding the reduction in the duration of Hajj, the Minister of Religious Affairs said that the duration of Hajj could be reduced but some pilgrims are angry about it. Want.
He made it clear that if he took his family on Hajj, he would pay for it himself.
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