Summary Earlier on April 12, the cabinet restored the previous quota of Hajj
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Branches of the banks concerned have received at least 193,810 applications for government’s Hajj scheme, spokesperson for the ministry reported on Thursday.
The spokesperson laid bare that the ministry will be accepting the application until April 26 and lucky draw would be conducted on April 28.
Earlier on April 12, the cabinet restored the previous quota of Hajj. The cabinet decided to not swell the expenditure and retain the reserved amount of funds as per previous practice.
Expenses of 60 percent of the pilgrims are to be taken care of by the government while 40 percent of the pilgrims will use services of private Hajj operators.
The quota is 179,210 pilgrims this year which was reduced in 2013 to 143,368. The government and the private Hajj operators will facilitate 60/40 percent ratio of Pakistani pilgrims.
