ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved an additional financial requirement of $163 million of foreign exchange for Hajj 2023.
The ECC meeting chaired by Minister for Finance and Revenue Ishaq Dar declared all 72,869 received applications under the regular Hajj 2023 scheme successful without balloting.
The meeting considered a summary submitted by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony on the utilization of the Hajj quota and its financing.
The ECC after discussion approved the arrangement and modalities for Hajj Scheme-2023 and decided that all received applications under Regular Hajj Scheme shall be declared successful without balloting.
ALL APPLICANTS FOR HAJJ WILL PERFORM PILGRIMAGE THIS YEAR
The meeting was attended by Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir Khan, Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Dr Aisha Ghous Pasha, SAPM on Finance Tariq Bajwa, SAPM on Revenue Tariq Mehmood Pasha, Coordinator to the PM on Economy Bilal Azhar Kayani, federal secretaries and other senior officers.
The federal government had last Thursday decided to accept all applications and send all 72,869 applicants to Hajj without balloting.
The cabinet took decision on the instruction of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and on the recommendation of the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
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