{"id":318703,"date":"2023-03-11T08:48:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T03:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=318703"},"modified":"2023-03-11T08:48:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T03:48:39","slug":"govt-unveils-hajj-policy-for-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-unveils-hajj-policy-for-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt unveils Hajj policy for 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nThe federal government on Friday announced the Hajj policy for the year 2023.  The policy was announced after the federal cabinet\u2019s approval.<br \/>\nAnnouncing the policy, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Mufti Abdul Shakoor said that the amount charged from those intending to perform official Hajj was proportionate to their expenditures.<br \/>\n\u201cThe government of Pakistan bears the expenses of their accommodation, transport, food and medical facilities,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cAlthough the Saudi government has slightly reduced Hajj expenditures on our request. Still, it should be borne in mind that prices of items of essential use have gone up even in Saudi Arabia.\u201d<br \/>\nThe minister said that the fall of Pak Rupee vis-\u00e0-vis US dollar had also adversely affected the Hajj package. He disclosed that this time there was lot of competition for accommodation, which was quite expensive.<br \/>\nMufti claimed that the pilgrimage proved least costly for overseas Pakistanis if they travelled from Pakistan. \u201cThe expenditures incurred on Hajj in Pakistan are less than other countries of the region,\u201d he claimed.<br \/>\nHe informed that sponsorship Hajj scheme had been introduced for overseas Pakistanis.  The minister said that this time the Ministry of Finance had promised $90 million. He informed that this time there was no maximum age limit for pilgrims.<br \/>\nMufti said that the government would start receiving Hajj applications from March 16. \u201cPeople can submit their applications until March 31. While there will be a balloting on April 6,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD The federal government on Friday announced the Hajj policy for the year 2023. The policy was announced after the federal cabinet\u2019s approval. Announcing the policy, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Mufti Abdul Shakoor said that the amount charged from those intending to perform official Hajj was proportionate to their expenditures. \u201cThe government of Pakistan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-318703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt unveils Hajj policy for 2023<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-unveils-hajj-policy-for-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt unveils Hajj policy for 2023\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD The federal government on Friday announced the Hajj policy for the year 2023. 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