FAISALABAD City News

HOAP reject Haj policy

Decide to challenge policy in court

From Our Correspondent

FAISALABAD: The Haj Organisers Association Pakistan (HOAP) have rejected the New Haj policy for the year 2016 and decided to challenge it in the High Court and the Supreme Court.

In a statement, Regional HOAP chairman Hafiz Shafique Kashif Thursday said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has hastily approved the policy allegedly without giving any weight to the recommendations of the Standing Committees of the National Assembly and Senate in which these Standing Committees had submitted their recommendations for the new policy.

In these Standing Committees, as much as 20 elected MPs belonging to treasury and opposition had took part in the deliberations and had unanimously approved these recommendations.

He said allocation of 60 per cent Haj quota for applicants under the government Haj Scheme was highly deplorable as the Private Haj Operators had offered ‘much cheaper’ Haj Packages to intending Haj pilgrims.

He said officials having personal motives and vested interest had provided wrong and highly exaggerated information to the PM whereas the offer of the Private Haj Operators for’ Cheaper Haj Package” was completely ignored without any cogent reason.

MANAGER HELD: Police arrested a bank manager on charges of defective security system.Tausif Ahmad, manager of a bank situated on Kotwali Road was booked on charges of defective security system in the bank.

Reportedly, he was issued reminders by the district administration to improve the security in the bank and recently served with a ‘warning letter; but allegedly he ignored the warnings.

MOTORCYCLIST KILLED: A speeding truck killed a motorcyclist on Dijkot Road on Thursday.

Motorcyclist Muhammad Qasim was riding a motorcycle when he was hit by a speeding truck, leaving him dead on the spot.

The truck driver managed to drove away but DSP Factory Area Malik Khalid chased him and arrested the driver.

MAN MURDERED: A man was murdered by unknown killers on Thursday.

Zafar Iqbal of Chak 246/RB, Kikarwala, Dijkot, was slaughtered by assassins with a sharp “Toka” when he was asleep at his Dera.