Pakistan
Has given up the quota that Saudi Arabia had given it for Hajj pilgrims since the number of applicants did not match the number of seats available.
The eight thousand government scheme quota has been returned, according to the religious affairs ministry. According to sources within the ministry, the decision was made to save the government an additional 24 million dollars in rent payments.
The federal administration had previously declared that there would be no balloting for Hajj candidates since it was anticipated that there wouldn’t be enough people interested in applying.
This significant shift demonstrates the country’s severe effects of inflation.
The government has long demanded an increase in the quota, but Pakistan was unable to fill its assigned quota. Pakistan received the whole cost of the trip this year.
According to the report, the government also thought about giving private Hajj operators access to the remaining Hajj quota. However, it planned to give up the unused quota because of concern that private operators may purchase dollars on the open market.
