ISLAMABAD: The 13 scheduled banks have so far received over 353,778 applications under Government Hajj Scheme, said an official of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony.
According to latest update, a total of 63,015 applications have been received from Peshawar, 68,005 from Lahore, 64,753 from Islamabad, 73,356 from Karachi, 30,087 from Multan, 16,520 from Quetta, 15,384 from Faisalabad, 12,482 from Sialkot, 5,382 from Sukkur and 2,794 applications were received from Rahim Yar Khan.
As many as 120,000 pilgrims would perform the sacred religious ceremony under Government Hajj Scheme out of a total of 179,210 Pakistani pilgrims for the upcoming Hajj 2018.Remaining 59,210 would perform Hajj under Private Hajj Scheme.
The scheduled Banks would continue receiving applications till Thursday (January 24). Balloting would be held on January 26 (Friday). The banks included Habib Banks Limited; United Bank Limited; National Bank of Pakistan; Muslim Commercial Bank; Allied Bank Limited; Agriculture Development Bank Limited; Bank of Punjab; Bank Alfalah; Meezan Bank; Habib Metropolitan Bank; Dubai Islamic Bank Limited; Faisal Bank Limited and Askari Bank Limited.
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