The Lahore High Court (LHC) has barred the federal government from allotting government’s quota of 15,000 Hujjaj to private Hajj operators.
The LHC issued its ruling over an application in which the petitioner raised objections over allotment of quota to private Hajj operators and government’s Hajj fares.
He stated that under government scheme the Hajj package will cost over Rs 2, 72,000 for those travelling from Punjab and KPK, but the private operators are charging over Rs.500,000.
Today, the LHC heard the case and issued notices to the federal government and federal Ministry for Religious Affairs to file their response on June 23.
Over 143,000 Hujjaj will perform Hajj this year under the new Hajj policy announced in April this year.
