- Hajj quota to separate between authorities, non-public schemes.
- Govt scheme’s pilgrimage can price as much as Rs1,075,000.
- Ministry of Spiritual Affairs to make formal announcement.
ISLAMABAD: Below the chair of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the federal cupboard on Tuesday greenlighted the Hajj Coverage 2025, paving the best way for 179,210 Pakistani nationals to carry out Hajj subsequent 12 months.
As per the coverage, the Hajj quota can be cut up evenly between authorities and personal schemes and people below 12 years of age is not going to be allowed to journey for the holy pilgrimage, in line with a PM Workplace’s assertion.
Sources instructed Geo Information that price of the federal government scheme will fluctuate between Rs1,065,000 to Rs1,075,000 per pilgrim.
They added {that a} schedule can be unveiled for Hajj purposes following the cupboard’s nod and requests can be summoned from banks by November 25.
The cupboard will ship the authorised draft of the Hajj Coverage 2025 to the Ministry of Spiritual Affairs for its formal announcement.
The assembly was instructed that choice below the federal government scheme can be made via a computerised balloting.
Below the brand new coverage, 1,000 seats can be allotted for hardship instances and 300 for labourers and low-income workers registered below the Workers Outdated-Age Profit Establishment (EOBI) or Staff Welfare Fund.
Highway to Makkah facility can be accessible at Islamabad and Karachi worldwide airports.
The Hajj group organisers would signal a service supplier settlement with the Ministry of Spiritual Affairs, which might be strictly monitored.
It was instructed {that a} new portfolio of Nazim (administrator) had been launched to facilitate the pilgrims. One Nazim can be appointed for every group of 100 pilgrims, who can be chosen from among the many welfare workers.
Below the coverage, the compensation for the heirs of the deceased has been elevated from Rs1 million to Rs2 million whereas the injured ones can be given Rs1 million.
The cupboard members had been instructed {that a} particular Hajj Administration App has been developed to facilitate the pilgrims and preparations have been made for his or her coaching.
The federal cupboard known as for choice for the meant pilgrims who couldn’t succeed throughout final 12 months’s balloting. The assembly additionally harassed the necessity for taking all-out measures for the facilitation of the pilgrims.