ISLAMABAD - Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Dr Noor ul Haq Qadri Sunday said Saudi Arabia wanted all the countries to gradually transfer Hajj arrangements to the private sector over the next three to four years, which would make performing the religious obligation more expensive.
The countries would have to concede the Saudi demand for privatizing the Hajj, the minister said talking to a private news channel.
He said Saudi Arabia had already increased the expenditures for Hajj pilgrims.
He said his ministry had presented a summary for Hajj subsidy in the cabinet, but there could be no consensus among the cabinet members because of the economic woes.