LHC judgement on Hajj policy challenged in SC

Private Hajj operators say LHC ruling will adversely affect up to 90,000 Hajj pilgrims.

ISLAMABAD: Private Hajj operators on Friday challenged the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) judgment on the Hajj Policy in the Supreme Court.

The Lahore High Court had ruled against the distribution of quota under the Hajj Policy 2011 and had cancelled the quota allotted to 650 tour operators.

The tour operators affected by this decision have now submitted a petition in the apex court, saying that the LHC ruling will adversely affect up to 90,000 Hajj pilgrims.

The petition also claims that the prospective pilgrims had spent approximately Rs6 billion that the operators had used for their hajj arrangements.

The operators have asked the Supreme Court to suspend the LHC verdict immediately.