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Hajj Policy 2025 : Over 179,000 Pakistani Pilgrims Will Perform Hajj In 2025

One hundred seventy-nine thousand, and two hundred ten Pakistani pilgrims will perform hajj in 2025.

This was announced by Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Chaudhry Salik Hussain, while unveiling the hajj policy 2025 in Islamabad.

He said the hajj quota has been divided with a ratio of 50:50 between the government and private hajj schemes.

The Minister said 89,605 seats have been reserved each for the government and the private hajj schemes.

He said five thousand seats will be kept for sponsorship scheme under the government hajj scheme, while 30,000 seats will be allocated to the private hajj tour operators for sponsorship.

He further said it is mandatory to send foreign exchange through the banking channel to participate in the sponsorship scheme.