ISLAMABAD: Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Dr. Noor ul Haq Qadri today said Saudi Arabia wanted all the countries to gradually transfer Haj arrangements to the private sector over the next three to four years, which would make performing the religious obligation more expensive.
The countries would have to concede the Saudi demand for privatizing the Haj, the minister said talking to a private news channel. He said Saudi Arabia had already increased the expenditures for Haj pilgrims.
He said his ministry had presented a summary for Haj subsidy in the cabinet, but there could be no consensus among the cabinet members because of the economic woes.
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