Intending pilgrims to pay dues for infants

Islamabad : The intending pilgrims planning to perform the sacred religious ceremony this year from country’s southern and northern regions will have to pay Rs10,190 and Rs11,090 respectively for their accompanying infants under the government scheme.

According to official sources, the parents travelling from southern region will have to pay Rs10,190 as Haj dues for each accompanying infant, while north region to pay Rs11,090. The children born after September 25, 2016 have been treated as infants while other children and adults are required to pay normal Haj dues.

The breakup of total charges included Rs8,400 for south region and Rs9,300 for north region, the parents of an infant will have to pay Rs500 on account of Hujjaj Mohafiz Fund and Rs1,000 will be charged as vaccination charges and lastly Zamzam charges for both northern and southern region will be Rs290. Meanwhile, the intending pilgrims must have international machine readable passport having validity up to February 20, 2019 to avoid inconvenience.

According to Haj Policy 2018, the intending Haj applicants, who do not possess a valid international machine readable passport, would not be able to perform the Haj.

The applicants must also have a valid computerised national identity card and medical certificate.