AIR FARE

The Hajj air-fare would be as under:-
Sector Air Fare
Karachi/Quetta Rs.61,000/-
Other stations Rs.73,000/-

HAJJ DUES
The detail of Hajj dues is as under:-
Particulars Karachi/Quetta Other Stations
Air Fare 61,000 73,000
Terminal Taxes Rs.500+SR.50 1,600 1,600
Rent of accommodation atMakkah &
Madinah SR.3200*+SR.400=SR.3600 79,200 79,200
Compulsory Hajj Dues=SR.1288 28,336 28,336
Personal Exchange Quota 13,714 16,714
Service/vaccination Charges 1,150 1,150
Total (in Rupees) 185,000 200,000
1SR=Rs.22
* Saudi Riyal 3200 is upper limit. However, Haji will be charged on actual rent basis.

BALLOTTING

The ballot shall be held if the applications are received in excess of the seats available under Govt. Scheme. There will be no special quota and the hujjaj will be selected 100% through ballot under Government Hajj Scheme.

The applicants who have been unsuccessful in the ballot during last two years (i.e. Hajj December 2007 and Hajj December 2008) consecutively under Government Scheme shall be declared successful without ballot.

Unsuccessful applicants of a Hajj year will be declared successful in the succeeding Hajj year if they choose not to withdraw Hajj dues deposited by them;

FLIGHT OPERATION:

The Hajj Flight Operation will commence with effect from the 1st of Zul Qaadah 1430H. / corr. (20-10-­2009) and will end as on 4th of Zul Hijjah 1430H. / corr. (23 -11-2009). Hujjaj would travel by PIA and Saudi Arabian Airline.
PIA and Saudi Airlines would airlift the Hujjaj. With the exception of two feeder Airports i.e., Sukkur and Faisalabad all other Airports (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Sialkot, Rahim Yar Khan) would be used for direct flights to and from Jeddah and Madina;

NUMBER OF PILGRIMS

As per agreement with the Saudi Govt, 159,647 Pakistani nationals will perform Hajj 2009. The number of pilgrims under the Government Scheme would be 80,000 and those under HGO Scheme would be 79,647. Additional quota of 10,353 has already been requested from the Saudi Government.

CNIC
Mandatory requirement of Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) for filing of Hajj applications will remain intact

IMRP
Saudi Government will affix Hajj Visa only on Machine Readable International Passport (MRIP), having validity of at-least one year on the date of filing the Hajj application.

REPEAT HAJJ
No Hajj application shall be entertained for repeat Hajj, if the applicant has performed Hajj during the last five years except in three cases viz Mahram of a lady who did not perform Hajj earlier, Group Leader & Hajj-e-Badal.

POLICY AND PLAN FOR HAJJ – 2009.

RECEIPT OF HAJJ APPLICATION

The applications for Hajj-2009 will be invited w.e.f. 22-06-2009 under Government Scheme. The closing date will be 11-07-2009 . The applications will be received through designated bank branches of ABL, HBL, MCB, NBP, UBL & ZTBL. Machine Readable International Passport (MRIP) in original will have to be deposited with the same bank branches within four (4) days of the ballot by the successful applicants, otherwise, they will be declared un-successful.

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