ISLAMABAD – The submission of Hajj applications to the designated bankbranches for securing berth in the Government Hajj Scheme are most likelyto start from February 24 and culminate within a fortnight, says officialsource.
Talking to APP, he said this year a total of 179,210 pilgrims would performthe sacred obligation of Hajj including 60 percent of them under governmentscheme and 40 percent under private scheme.
The government scheme Hajj package has already been been reduced toRs480,000 and Rs470,000 for northern and southern regions respectively.
He asked the intending pilgrims to start their preparations for applyingfor the sacred journey. Constitute groups of their acquaintances, completetheir relevant documents, arrange the amount as it has to be submittedalong with the application, select their bank where the application is tobe submitted.
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The applicants of over 70-year age should clearly tick at the quota columngiven in the application for ensuring automatic selection.
The applicants, who had already applied during the last three years 2017,2018 and 2019, should write the application numbers of their last threeHajj applications for ensuring automatic selection.
