{"id":88664,"date":"2025-10-18T09:37:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=88664"},"modified":"2025-10-18T09:37:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:37:44","slug":"ministry-of-religious-affairs-extends-booking-date-for-private-hajj-scheme-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ministry-of-religious-affairs-extends-booking-date-for-private-hajj-scheme-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Religious Affairs extends booking date for private Hajj scheme 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Religious Affairs has extended the booking date for the Private <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/second-phase-of-receiving-hajj-2026-applications-begin-in-pakistan\/\">Hajj Scheme 2026<\/a> until October 22.<\/p>\n<p>According to a spokesperson for the Ministry of Religious Affairs, private Hajj tour operators have booked 55,500 pilgrims.<\/p>\n<p>The private quota of four and a half is still vacant. After the extension, the last date for booking pilgrims under the Private Hajj Scheme has been fixed as October 22.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary of Religious Affairs approved the extension of the date. According to the spokesperson, the booking process will be completed under the Hajj Policy and Service Provider Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/religious-affairs-minister-reveals-40000-pilgrims-are-missing\/\">\u00a0Ministry of Religious Affairs<\/a>\u00a0declared a new policy for registered pilgrims who cannot perform Hajj because of unavoidable events, such as serious sickness or death.<\/p>\n<p>Under the ministry\u2019s notification, in such instances, a close relative of the registered pilgrim will be entitled to perform Hajj on their behalf.<\/p>\n<p>A pilgrim who cannot travel can substitute another individual or opt for a refund of the amount deposited.<\/p>\n<p>The policy also states that a request for a refund or substitution must be accompanied by valid grounds and supporting documents, such as a death certificate or a medical certificate.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants will also be asked to provide an affidavit on stamp paper, the original bank deposit slip, and a photocopy of the national identity card.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities said the new policy is to facilitate genuine cases without financial or procedural obstacles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Religious Affairs has extended the booking date for the Private Hajj Scheme 2026 until October 22. According to a spokesperson for the Ministry of Religious Affairs, private Hajj tour operators have booked 55,500 pilgrims. The private quota of four and a half is still vacant. After the extension, the last date [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":32605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9542,31745],"class_list":["post-88664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-ministry-of-religious-affairs","tag-private-hajj-scheme-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88664","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88665,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88664\/revisions\/88665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}