According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, they will only be allowed to perform 23,620 pilgrims under the private HAJ scheme, according to a notification issued by the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
Haj, one of the fundamental pillars of Islam, is carried out every year by millions of Muslims around the world. Pakistan receives one of the highest Haj quotas in Saudi Arabia.
In January, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed the Annual Haj agreement, under which 179,210 Pakistani pilgrims were allowed to perform Haj this year. The religious ministry of Pakistan has said that around 90,000 people would make Haj under the government’s scheme, state -owned Pakistan radio reported on April 6.
According to the notification of Thursday, only 23,620 pilgrims will be able to make Haj under the private scheme, despite the quota of more than 179,000 pilgrims.
“The list of service providers that provide services with the HAJ 2025 fee has been updated on the website of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interreligious Harmony and the Pak Hajj application [sic]”, Reads in the notification.
“All these pilgrims, who have made billing with registered service providers, can verify the status of their application and contract on the Ministry’s website,” he added.
Service providers were urged to give HAJ forms updated to the pilgrims and ensure that their visas are approved before April 18 (Friday), according to the directives issued by the Ministry of Haj and Umrah de Saudita.
A second notification of the Ministry described the requirements for pilgrims, including mandatory vaccines and information on Haj camps established throughout Pakistan.
“Haj temporary fields [at] Hyderabad, Sialkot, Faisalabad and Rahim Yar Khan will be open for a few specific days, which will be reported on the Hajj mobile application, ”said the second notice.
“Two days before the flight, Haj’s pilgrims … will receive [a] Haj visa, air ticket, identity reliquary, identity data sheet that will be attached to the bag and a free sim zong for use in Saudi Arabia of the respective Haj camps, ”he added.
However, The independent urdu He informed that during a meeting of the Senate Religious Affairs Committee, the question of what would happen with 67,000 pilgrims was raised.
At the meeting, chaired by Senator Attaur Rehman, the Secretary of Religious Affairs was summoned by saying: “Our Ministry has been informed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Pakistan has a quota of 10,000 private Hajj, and will not be able to obtain more than that.
“Now, there are about 67,000 pilgrims who can not perform the Hayy,” he said.
The committee asked to write a letter to the prime minister on this subject and request a meeting, The independent urdu reported.
