PESHAWAR: Ministry of Religious Affairs and Hajj Wednesday launched an smsservice for the help of intending Haj pilgrims to verify authenticity ofprivate tour operators.
“The sms service (8331) will provide details about any private Haj touroperator and save people from being cheated in the name of cheap Hajjservices,” said Director Media Religious Affairs Ministry, Imran Siddique.Talking to newsmen at a Media Awareness Workshop jointly organized byMinistry of Religious Affairs and Hajj Organizations of Pakistan (HOP),Imran Siddique said a number of people are be-fooled by fake tour operatorswho cheat intending pilgrims by making fake claims of organizing cheap Hajj.
This year he continued, the sms service is launched through whichauthenticity of every private Hajj tour operation can be verified bysending his enrollment number at 8331. He said there are around 798 privatetour operators registered with Religious Ministry and only these areauthorized for sending pilgrims for Hajj.
All those who are not registered with the Ministry are fake groups andpeople should use this sms service for verification, he reiterated.Director Media also informed that Religious Ministry has also launched fiveApps for facilitation of Hujjaj.
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These five apps, he continued, provides guidelines about performance ofHajj, location guidance at Mina and relevant supplications. Hujjaj can veryeasily download these apps on both android and apple phones and benefitfrom guidance provided in it.
