Finance Minister Ishaq Dar took to Twitter himself to announce that this year’s Hajj policy has been finalised

The government will set aside $90 million for Hajj this year, most of which will go into the government scheme.

A total of 179,210 people will be able to perform Hajj this year, and the number will be split into government and private operators will split the number 50:50. Every scheme will also carry a 50% ‘kafalat’ quota.

The Hajj will cost Rs1,175,000 for the northern region and Rs1,165,000 for the southern region.

The Hajj will fall in the end of the month of June this year.