ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmonywould conduct another balloting to distribute additional 9,600 quota amongthe unsuccessful applicants of Government Hajj Scheme,Joint Secretary Hajj,Zeenat Bangash said.
Talking to APP, he said Saudi Government has given additional quota of16,000 to Pakistan. Out of which 60 percent will be allocated to theremaining applicants of Government Hajj Scheme,who were declaredunsuccessful in recent balloting. The balloting will be conducted afterreceiving the notification of additional quota alloyed by Saudi Government.
He said all unsuccessful applicants will be included in the ballotingdespite withdrawing money from their respective bank branches. However,they have to deposit Hajj dues immediately after selection throughballoting.This year 216,542 applications were received this year, out of which 107,526 were declared successful in a balloting conducted on March 11.
Meanwhile, the complaint disposal committee of Ministry of ReligiousAffairs and Interfaith Harmony has black listed four Hajj Group Organisers(HGOs) from allocating quota owing to poor Hajj-2018 arrangements.The committee has also declared 16 HGOs as defaulters on failure to payinsurance dues of last year’s Hujjaj.
The Ministry has placed the names of 798 eligible quota holder HGOs on itswebsite. The names of four HGOs have not been placed on the website due tosubmission of insufficient documents.
The black listed six companies included Al Hashmi, Rabo InternationalTours,Global Services, Al Makkah Salman Travels.The Ministry has announced maximum and minimum limits of private Hajjpackages.
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According to ministry, minimum private Hajj package from south zone shouldbeRs. 500,000 and maximum package Rs 1,400,000 whereas the minimum limit ofprivate packages from north zone should be Rs 5,090,00 whereas maximumpackage would be Rs.1,410,000.
Additionally, the religious affairs ministry establish a dedicated Hajjhelpline to promptly resolve any grievances of intending pilgrims. Thehelpline will provide them with the required information besidesregistering and resolving complaints relating to Hajj 2019.
According to ministry sources, the prospective pilgrims can register theircomplaints or seek information via the 042-111-725-425 helpline.They canalso get answers about Hajj related queries via 051-9205696, 051-9216980,051-9216981 and051-9216982.
As per the Haj Policy 2019 released by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, atotal of 200,000 Pakistani pilgrims will perform Hajj this year.
