{"id":61806,"date":"2025-01-08T16:58:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T11:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=61806"},"modified":"2025-01-08T16:58:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T11:58:35","slug":"ministry-of-religious-affairs-extends-deadline-for-submission-of-hajj-applications-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ministry-of-religious-affairs-extends-deadline-for-submission-of-hajj-applications-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Religious Affairs\u00a0extends deadline for submission of Hajj applications 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: For <\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>third time, the\u00a0<\/span>Ministry of Religious Affairs<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>has<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>extended<\/span>\u00a0the deadline for\u00a0<\/span>receipt<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>Hajj applications under the government scheme\u00a0<\/span>due<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>an<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>insufficient<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>response<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>against<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>its allocated quota. <\/span><\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia has\u00a0<\/span>allocated<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>179,210 pilgrim\u00a0<\/span>quotas<\/span>\u00a0to Pakistan for Hajj 2025<\/a><\/span>\u00a0with 89,605\u00a0<\/span>quotas<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>both\u00a0<\/span>the government and private schemes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>government<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>set\u00a0<\/span>a deadline\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0December 3,\u00a0<\/span>then<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>extended<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>this<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>first<\/span>\u00a0to December 10 and\u00a0<\/span>finally to\u00a0<\/span>December 17,\u00a0<\/span>it’s<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>still 5,000 slots\u00a0<\/span>off<\/span>\u00a0of its target<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the Ministry has decided to\u00a0<\/span>accept<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>further<\/span>\u00a0applications<\/a> on a first-come<\/span>-first<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>served basis.<\/p>\n

According to Omar Butt,\u00a0<\/span>spokesman for the Ministry of Religious Affairs, financial constraints are a\u00a0<\/span>big<\/span>\u00a0reason why the government is\u00a0<\/span>not<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>able\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>send<\/span>\u00a0its quota. <\/span><\/p>\n

He also\u00a0<\/span>said<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>people from remote areas face challenges in\u00a0<\/span>sending<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>applications\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>all<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>other<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Islamic<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>countries like India and Bangladesh<\/span>\u00a0also face similar problems<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>On<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>division<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span> private tour operators and the government, Butt clarified that all are\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>bound to\u00a0<\/span>follow the\u00a0<\/span>set\u00a0<\/span>guidelines\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the Saudi government.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover, <\/span>he\u00a0<\/span>said,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the government is in\u00a0<\/span>discussion<\/span>\u00a0with private operators and is\u00a0<\/span>hopeful<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>resolution of\u00a0<\/span>the issues<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
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\nHowever,\u00a0<\/span>Butt also\u00a0<\/span>drew<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>attention<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0Hajj training<\/span>\u00a0which is\u00a0<\/span>necessary<\/span>\u00a0for all intending pilgrims. The\u00a0<\/span>purpose of the\u00a0<\/span>training\u00a0<\/span>is<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>make<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>pilgrims\u00a0<\/span>aware<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>rituals of\u00a0<\/span>Hajj\u00a0<\/span>and the rules and regulations of the Saudi government.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first session of the training\u00a0<\/span>will<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>start<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>from January 18 to February 26<\/span>\u00a0while the second session will be\u00a0<\/span>conducted<\/span>\u00a0after Ramazan. This\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>necessary<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>be<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>done<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>ensure<\/span>\u00a0a smooth and successful Hajj<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: For the\u00a0third time, the\u00a0Ministry of Religious Affairs\u00a0has\u00a0extended\u00a0the deadline for\u00a0receipt\u00a0of\u00a0Hajj applications under the government scheme\u00a0due\u00a0to\u00a0an\u00a0insufficient\u00a0response\u00a0against\u00a0its allocated quota. Saudi Arabia has\u00a0allocated\u00a0179,210 pilgrim\u00a0quotas\u00a0to Pakistan for Hajj 2025\u00a0with 89,605\u00a0quotas\u00a0for\u00a0both\u00a0the government and private schemes.\u00a0 Although\u00a0the\u00a0government\u00a0set\u00a0a deadline\u00a0for\u00a0December 3,\u00a0then\u00a0extended\u00a0this\u00a0first\u00a0to December 10 and\u00a0finally to\u00a0December 17,\u00a0it’s\u00a0still 5,000 slots\u00a0off\u00a0of its target,\u00a0and\u00a0the Ministry has decided to\u00a0accept\u00a0further\u00a0applications on a first-come-first\u00a0served basis. According to Omar Butt,\u00a0spokesman for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":35391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9542,25595,24150],"class_list":["post-61806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-ministry-of-religious-affairs","tag-deadline-for-hajj-applications-2025","tag-hajj-applications-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61806","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61811,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61806\/revisions\/61811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}