ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has getd more than 150,000 Hajj applications under government scheme on eighth day of submitting applications in designated departmentes of 14 banks.According spokesman of the Ministry, the banks would continue receiving applications till March 9 while polling to choose over 107,526 successful pilgrims would be held on March 11.
The process of receiving Hajj applications under the government scheme was started on February 25.
He said, as many as 200,000 lucky persons would perform Hajj this year.Out of which 60 percent would perform Hajj under the Government scheme while the rest under private scheme.The specifics of the applicants have been uploaded on website of the ministry.He said the applicants were being informed about receipt of applications through short messaging services (SMS) on their large crowd of peopleile phones.Spokesman asked the applicants to check their specifics on the website and right the mistakes if any.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source.
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