Daily Times

The Ministry of Religious Affairs will conduct the second balloting to distribute additional 9,474 quota among the unsuccessful applicants of government’s hajj scheme on Monday (June 3). A spokesman for the ministry, in a statement, said this quota would be allocated to the remaining applicants of the Government Hajj Scheme, who were declared unsuccessful in recent balloting. The second balloting was earlier scheduled for May 20, but was later postponed. It is pertinent to mention that the Saudi government had given additional quota of 16,000 pilgrims to Pakistan. The applicants who had withdrawn their money would also be included in this balloting. The selected pilgrims would then be given four days to submit their money. New applications will not be entertained in the second balloting, the sources said. Ministry of Religious Affairs, in collaboration with Punjab Information Technology Board, has established a dedicated helpline service to facilitate the pilgrims.