Religious minister rules out corruption in Hajj affairs

Dunya News

Ministry of Religious Affairs has sent detailed report, about the buildings taken for residence of Hajis, to the Supreme Court. Religious Minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi said that it is a debatable issue that why Saudi prince directly wrote letter to the Supreme Court. He said that he will resigned if corruption in Hajj affairs gets proved. In a press conference in Islamabad, Saeed Kazmi said that the letter should be sent to Pakistan government through Saudi foreign ministry and it was against the diplomatic manners to send a letter directly to the Supreme Court. He said that rent of any building was not more than 1600 riyals and they were situated some three kilometer away from Khana Kaaba. Prince Khalid Bin Bandar Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, in the letter accused the minister for Religious Affairs of embezzlement.