ISLAMABAD – Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Monday conduct another balloting to select 7,309 lucky persons to perform Hajj through Government Hajj Scheme, Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sahibzada Pir Noor-ul-Haq Qadri pressed the button.
He said the Saudi government has given additional quota of 15,790 to Pakistan. Out of which 60 percent (9,474) has been allocated to Government Hajj Scheme and remaining 6,316 would be distributed among the enlisted Hajj Group Organisers.
He said 216,542 applications were received this year, out of which 107, 526 were declared successful in a balloting conducted on March 11, 2019.
The remaining108,607 unsuccessful applicants of that time have been included in the second balloting, he said adding total quota was 9,474, out of which 1.5 percent (142) quota has been reserved to accommodate hardship cases and 2,023 seats have been given to the applicants, who remained unsuccessful despite applying thrice in last five years.
As many as 2.165 seats were being allotted without balloting.The balloting on 7,309 seats has been conducted.
In total 200,000 Pakistanis would perform Hajj this year including 117,000 of Government Scheme and 83,000 through private scheme.
He said the successful applicants were being informed through SMS right now. The successful applicants must deposit their dues, passports and other documents in their respective banks by June 14.
He asked the unsuccessful applicants to take back their money from their respective banks. In case of any problem they can approach the ministry on 051-9208465.
He said the ministry would return hefty amount to Government Hajj Scheme pilgrims soon. The amount of government Hajj package have been saved from accommodation, catering and other expenditures without compromising on the standards.
Further information could be obtained from www.hajjinfo.org; Hajj inquiry no 051-9205696,051-9216980 and Hajj helpline No. 042-111725425.
