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      <title>Over 203,000 pilgrims complete Hajj 2027 online registration in first 11 days</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More than 203,700 prospective pilgrims have completed online registration for Hajj 2027 within the first 11 days of the registration process, according to the Ministry of Religious Affairs.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The ministry said 203,722 applicants completed registration from home through the online system. Of them, more than 180,000 registered through the web portal, while over 24,000 used the official mobile application.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;According to the ministry, more than 154,000 applicants opted for the government Hajj scheme, while around 49,000 selected the private scheme.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The registered applicants include approximately 119,000 men and 84,500 women.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Punjab recorded the highest number of registrations with more than 95,000 applicants, followed by Sindh with 63,000, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 28,000, Islamabad with 9,000, Balochistan with 5,500, Azad Jammu and Kashmir with 1,200, and Gilgit-Baltistan with around 600 registrations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The ministry also reported early interest for future Hajj seasons.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Around 1,400 people registered their interest for Hajj 2028, about 250 for Hajj 2029, and approximately 350 for Hajj 2030.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>More than 203,700 prospective pilgrims have completed online registration for Hajj 2027 within the first 11 days of the registration process, according to the Ministry of Religious Affairs.</strong></p>
<p>The ministry said 203,722 applicants completed registration from home through the online system. Of them, more than 180,000 registered through the web portal, while over 24,000 used the official mobile application.</p>
<p>According to the ministry, more than 154,000 applicants opted for the government Hajj scheme, while around 49,000 selected the private scheme.</p>
<p>The registered applicants include approximately 119,000 men and 84,500 women.</p>
<p>Punjab recorded the highest number of registrations with more than 95,000 applicants, followed by Sindh with 63,000, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 28,000, Islamabad with 9,000, Balochistan with 5,500, Azad Jammu and Kashmir with 1,200, and Gilgit-Baltistan with around 600 registrations.</p>
<p>The ministry also reported early interest for future Hajj seasons.</p>
<p>Around 1,400 people registered their interest for Hajj 2028, about 250 for Hajj 2029, and approximately 350 for Hajj 2030.</p>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:23:29 +0500</pubDate>
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