{"id":52012,"date":"2024-10-10T19:07:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T14:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=52012"},"modified":"2024-10-10T19:07:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T14:07:25","slug":"govt-announces-hajj-policy-2025-heres-how-much-hajj-will-cost-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/govt-announces-hajj-policy-2025-heres-how-much-hajj-will-cost-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt announces Hajj Policy 2025: Here\u2019s how much hajj will cost next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has approved the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/saudi-govt-announces-changes-in-temporary-work-visa-rules-for-hajj-umrah-services\/\">Hajj Policy 2025 t<\/a>hrough summary, here on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>As per the media reports, the new policy outlines the expected cost of next year&#8217;s official Haj package, which will be between PKR 1,075,000 and PKR 1,175,000.<\/p>\n<p>In total, 179,000 pilgrims from Pakistan will be able to perform Hajj in 2025. The policy divides the quota equally between public and private operators, with 89,605 slots allocated to each.<\/p>\n<p>An additional 1,000 slots are earmarked for hardship cases, and 300 for low-income employees registered under the Employees&#8217; Old-Age Benefits Institution (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/budget-2024-25-federal-govt-mulling-10-15-increase-in-employees-salaries\/\">EOBI<\/a>). Long Hajj will be 38 to 42 days while short Hajj will be 20 to 25 days.<\/p>\n<p>The policy also mandates that children below the age of 12 will not be allowed to perform Hajj. Saudi government approved vaccinations will be mandatory for all participants.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the &#8220;Road to Makkah&#8221; service will be available at major airports in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. Women without a male guardian (Mahram) will also be permitted to perform Hajj, provided they meet the conditions laid down by the Council of Islamic Ideology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has approved the Hajj Policy 2025 through summary, here on Thursday. As per the media reports, the new policy outlines the expected cost of next year&#8217;s official Haj package, which will be between PKR 1,075,000 and PKR 1,175,000. In total, 179,000 pilgrims from Pakistan will be able to perform Hajj in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":52015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22869],"class_list":["post-52012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-hajj-policy-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52016,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52012\/revisions\/52016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}