72,869 Hajj apps received
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Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, on Saturday, chaired a meeting to review progress on the Hajj Scheme -2023.
During the meeting, the secretary for Religious Affairs informed the meeting that the receipt of applications for the Hajj-2023 closed on March 31 and a total of 72,869 applications have been received by the banks against the government’s regular scheme quota of 44,190.
Dar said that the complete and fully reconciled information regarding the final number of applications received should be collected from the banks by April 4, 2023.
The government, based on receipt of the complete information, will then review and decide the final number of intended applicants for Regular Hajj Scheme-2023.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 2nd, 2023.
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