Banks throughout Pakistan on Monday started receiving packages for Hajj 2025 via those intending to embark at the annual pilgrimage subsequent year. With a complete of 15 particular banks receiving Hajj applications, a Ministry of Religious Affairs spokesperson has stated that humans will need to deposit an instalment of Rs200,000 with their packages. The quota for the authorities Hajj scheme is 89,605 with five,000 seats allotted for distant places Pakistanis beneath the sponsorship scheme. The government Hajj package includes airfare, meals, schooling, lodging and vaccination. Individuals with intense and complex medical conditions and youngsters under the age of twelve will now not be allowed to tour for Hajj, stated the spokesperson. Last week, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Chaudhry Salik Hussain, while saying the Hajj coverage, said that a complete of 179,210 Pakistanis will carry out the annual pilgrimage subsequent yr. A overall of one,000 seats might be allocated for worry instances and 300 for labourers and low-earnings employees registered below the Employees Old-Age Benefit Institution (EOBI) or Workers Welfare Fund. Detailing the anticipated expenses of a pilgrim to go to the holiest websites in Saudi Arabia, the minister announced that it might range among Rs1,0.5,000 and Rs1,175,000. Apart from the Rs200,000 instalment mentioned above, Hajj applicants will have to deposit Rs400,000 after being decided on through voting, whereas, the closing payments might be paid by using February 10, 2025. In case of cancellation, the refund of the primary instalment could be made after a deduction of Rs50,000, while, Rs200,000 will be deducted in case of failure to pay the third instalment and no refunds will be made after February 10, 2025. Under the coverage, the repayment for the heirs of the deceased has been extended from Rs1 million to Rs2 million.
