ISLAMABAD: Commercial banks of the country on Friday will receive Hajj application as today is the last day for submission of Hajj applications.
Ballotting will be conducted on the fourteenth of this month to select successful Hajj applicants.
As many as 143, 368 Pakistanis would perform Hajj this year under the government scheme and private Hajj group organizers.
Anyone who has performed Hajj during the last five years will not be eligible to perform pilgrimage this year except for those people who will be going as ‘Mehram’ or the ones performing ‘Hajj-e-Badal’.
The Religious Affairs Ministry has made elaborate arrangements to facilitate the Hujjaj in Saudi Arabia. In this connection, a medical mission of four hundred and fifty people will be sent to the holy land.
Transport facility will be provided to the Hujjaj round the clock besides they will be accommodated at one place as different categories of accommodation have been abolished.