Caretaker Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Aneeq Ahmed has announced balloting for the upcoming Hajj.

According to detail, 69, 438 applications were received under Regular Hajj Scheme and 63,805 of them remained successful in the balloting.

A waiting list of unsuccessful 5,633 applicants has been prepared as per their cities of departure.

Applicants on waiting list will be selected if intending pilgrims belonging to that city withdraws Hajj application.

All applicants will be apprised tonight via mobile SMS, website, or the mobile App.

 However, the Sponsor Ship Scheme will continue by Sunday. 

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said first time ever short Hajj is being facilitated by Pakistani authorities.

He said among the applicants, 56 percent are women and 44 percent are men.

The Minister said we will provide each pilgrim a Suitcase with QR code so that neither Haji nor Haji's belongings get lost. He said each pilgrim will be provided a data bundle of 7 Gbs.