Applications for Hajj will be received from Sunday to 13th of the nextmonth.
This was announced by Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith HarmonyMufti Abdul Shakoor at a news conference in Islamabad on Friday.
The Minister said applicants will deposit a token money of fifty thousandrupees.
He said total amount of Hajj will be announced after getting confirmationfrom Saudi Arabia. However, it is expected that the cost of Hajj this yearmay be around seven hundred thousand to one million rupees.
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Mufti Abdul Shakoor said Pakistan has received a Hajj quota of 81,132pilgrims this year with the share of 40 percent of government scheme andsixty percent private scheme. He said the upper age limit for pilgrims hasbeen fixed as sixty five years.
He said pilgrims will have to be vaccinated with a booster dose.
