ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Religious Affairs has extended the dates of the submission of the Hajj application by two days.
In this regard, the Ministry of Religious Affairs has written a letter to the State Bank of Pakistan in it was informed to the bank to extend the collection of Hajj applications and receive the Hajj applications on Saturday and Sunday.
According to the letter, the official Hajj scheme will be held on 12th March.
10 days have passed since the receipt of applications for the Government Hajj Scheme has been circulated during which 1,26500 Hajj applications have been received in 13 designated banks until now.
It should be remembered that earlier, Federal Minister Noorul Haq Qadri announced the Hajj policy and said that this year, one lakh 79 thousand 210 Pakistanis will be able to perform Hajj and the cost of official Hajj will be 4 lakh 90 thousand.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad last month, Noorul Haq Qadri said that the quota granted by Saudi Arabia to Pakistan is one lakh 79 thousand 210.
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