The talks between Religious Affairs’ Ministry of Saudi Arabia and Pakistani officials have succeeded after which the cut has been lifted from the old quota for Pakistan.
According to details, the old hajj quota has been restored for Pakistan after these successful talks.
It is pertinent to mention that the Saudi government cut Pakistani quota by 20 percent owing to the expansion of Masjid-ul-Haram, however after the restoration as many as one lakh and seventy nine thousand pilgrims from Pakistan would visit the sacred land this year.
Sources revealed that Pakistani officials have also requested that quota should be extended even more.
It has also been reported that the Saudi officials have also assured that they would consider if the Pakistan’s religious ministry gave an application for extension of the quota after carrying out census within the country.
On the other hand, Saudi officials have also assured to solve the problem of mobile sim during Hajj Pilgrimage.
