Hajj gets expensive due to dollar hike

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Hajj this year would cost approximately Rs 63,000 more as compared to last year due to increase in the rupee-dollar parity and enhanced air fares.

Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khursheed Shah, during a pres conference said, depending on the distance from Haram Sharif in Makkah‚ there would be three categories of accommodation; White‚ Green and Blue.

He said Hajj expenses for the White category would be Rs 285,000 from south, including Karachi‚ Sukkur and Quetta and Rs 295,000 the north.

Expenses for Green category for south would be Rs 351,000 and Rs 361,000 from the north, he said.

Moreover, he said that Hajj expenses for the Blue category from the north would be Rs 411,000 four hundred.