Islamabad (HRNW) Pakistanis hoping to perform the annual pilgrimage to Makkah this year will have to pay Rs650,000 for the journey with the government offering around Rs150,000 as subsidy to each Haji.
This was announced by Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Mufti Abdul Shakoor in a news conference in Islamabad on Tuesday.
Shakoor said that the government is still in negotiations with the Saudi authorities and other stakeholders to reduce the Hajj expenses.
Earlier in the day, the ministry sent the Hajj policy to the federal cabinet, according to which, the holy sojourn is expected to cost Rs850,000 for Pakistanis.
However, Shakoor told the media that the government has approved a support fund which will provide Rs150,000 to each Haji to “bring expenses down to Rs650,000” for the masses.
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