Islamabad (January 26, 2018): Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Muhammad Yousuf will announce the names of selected candidates for performing hajj at 4PM today. HAJJ applications will be selected through balloting.
According the Ministry of Religious Affairs, after balloting result will be sent by sms to the selected candidates.
The Ministry of Religious Affairs has received a record-breaking number of 374,829 Hajj applications for the Government Hajj scheme 2018.A senior official from the ministry said the highest number of applications totaling 81,985 came from Karachi, followed by Lahore with 72,483. Third highest was Islamabad with 67,896 applications. 
Other cities to note with a large number of applications are Peshawar, Multan, Quetta, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Sukkur, and Rahimyar Khan
Soon after the new Hajj policy was approved by the Cabinet and announced by the federal minister for religious affairs in December 2017, the ministry started receiving applications at designated bank branches from January 15 till January 24 across the country.
Under the new Hajj policy the cost for the pilgrimage will be the same as last year. Pilgrims from Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa will be Rs280, 000 and from Sindh and Balochistan Rs270,000.
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