ISLAMABAD – Hajj Pilgrims face a setback from the Saudi Arabia governmentas the Kingdom has announced to significantly raise the visa fee.
The Saudi government has imposed an additional fee of 410 Riyals on thepilgrims for Hajj 2020. According to sources, Pakistani pilgrims will haveto pay 300 Riyals as visa fee. Moreover, an amount of 110 Riyals will haveto be paid as insurance along with the visa fee.
The Saudi government has rejected Ministry for Religious Affairs’s requestto waive off the visa fee and insurance. It stated that the fee will beapplicable to all Muslim countries, not Pakistan only.
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With the increase in the expenses, the Hajj package rate has increased toover Rs 550,000. The Ministry of Religious Affairs has included theincrease in the Hajj package.
