Hajj cost may increase to Rs550,000 this year

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Hajj cost may increase to Rs550,000 this year
By rizwan ghilzai
Jan.24,2020

Senate panel expresses concern over hike of Rs115,000 in govt package

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Religious Affairs on Thursday told a Senate panel that cost of Hajj may increase this year by over one hundred thousand rupees because of hike in the US dollar’s exchange rate and rising airfares.

“The Ministry of Religious Affairs has recommended increase in the cost of Hajj package by Rs115,000. After, this hike the total cost of government Hajj package would become around Rs550,000,” said Ministry of Religious Affairs Secretary Mushtaq Bhorana.

He was responding to a query during a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Religious Affairs. “The hike is suggested in view of rising airfares and increase in the US dollar exchange rates,” he added.

The secretary told the panel that a total of 179,000 people are going to perform Hajj this year. After the increase in the Hajj package, the cost of government Hajj package for northern region would increase to Rs550,000 and that of the southern region to Rs545,000.

Expressing concern over the proposed hike, the committee chairman, Senator Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, said the government is increasing the cost of the Hajj package every year and it is becoming difficult for the poor to perform the religious obligation.

The secretary told the panel that the ministry had charged Rs433,000 from every pilgrim who performed Hajj through the government programme but later returned Rs5 billion to the pilgrims. He said every pilgrim was returned between Rs37,000 and Rs60,000.

The committee expressed anger over the absence of Noorul Haq Qadri, minister for religious affairs, and asked him to appear in the committee’s next meeting that will be held next week.

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[Pakistan Space Agency]

So this is the promised Riasat-e-Madina where Pakistani Muslims can't even afford to perform the Hajj.

 

[El Sidd]

I don't know why they did it. It was not necessary

 

[pakpride00090]

Govt has done the right thing. Hajj is not obligatory..
First earn enough money and then go. You all can earn a lot of good deeds by following so many other principles of Islam.

 

[Rusty]

Man, this patwari must be getting an incentive bonus from Maryam.

Where in the Medina riasat did the prophet give state subsidies for haj?

 

[Darth Vader]

Govt has done the right thing. Hajj is not obligatory..
First earn enough money and then go. You all can earn a lot of good deeds by following so many other principles of Islam.

Exactly.
How about Tax on Air as well.
Why waste o2 when its limited and planet is dying.
Did i forget Pakistan is not a muslim state ?
Its States Job to provide work for its people who they tax Be it Directly or indirectly.
Most of these mess is because of corruption not because of People dont earn enough

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

... Where in the Medina riasat did the prophet give state subsidies for haj?

In Riasat-e-Madina, Rasoolullah Sallallahu Alaihi Was-Sallam simply orders the Sahabas and the Muslims and they went.

In PM Imran Khan's New Pakistan 2020, prices have been raised so high so many Muslims can't afford to perform Hajj.

 

[pakpride00090]

Man, this patwari must be getting an incentive bonus from Maryam.

Where in the Medina riasat did the prophet give state subsidies for haj?

Hajj will only become obligatory when you are " Sahid e Heysiyat " . Meaning , when you have reached the earning potential or have accumulated enough wealth to perform it.

Why is government even giving subsidy in the first place ?

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Hajj will only become obligatory when you are " Sahid e Heysiyat " . Meaning , when you have reached the earning potential or have accumulated enough wealth to perform it.

Why is government even giving subsidy in the first place ?

Maybe the Government should stop taxing people to death if it's not willing to provide any facilities.

Not everyone in Pakistan can afford to live in a Banigala Palace you know and fly around in a helicopter, looking down at people.

 

[pakpride00090]

Maybe the Government should stop taxing people to death if it's not willing to provide any facilities.

Not everyone in Pakistan can afford to live in a Banigala Palace you know.

Chor Pakistani awam should start paying full taxes and become law abiding citizens before demanding perks and facilities.

Concentrate on performing good deeds in Pakistan. Prophet SAW only did hajj and umrah one time... Our Pakistani awam goes to hajj and umrah several times. Govt did the right thing by increasing the prices.

Come on , be a nice citizen and pay taxes.

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

In Riasat-e-Madina, Rasoolullah Sallallahu Alaihi Was-Sallam simply orders the Sahabas and the Muslims and they went.

Can you again revisit above bold part. Isn't this blasphemy?
He never ordered. Hajj is only for people who can afford.

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Can you again revisit above bold part. Isn't this blasphemy?
He never ordered. Hajj is only for people who can afford.

Well obviously. Use common sense. I've not exactly quoted an Ayah or an Ahdith brother.

 

[Kabira]

I don't know why government give hajj subsidy, instead of spending on poor. Do hajj if you can afford it.

 

[Longhorn]

Well obviously. Use common sense. I've not exactly quoted an Ayah or an Ahdith brother.

So you just made it up.

 

[zeeshe100]

good