ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday announced names of over 107,000 successful applicants for Hajj 2019. The applicants, who could not succeed over the past three years, were declared successful this time without balloting. Speaking to reporters, the minister said the government received 2,000 applications of applicants aged 80 to 90 years. He said that on the whole, 216623 applications were submitted; 123,700 by male applicants and 92,923 by female applicants. This year, 184,210 Pakistanis will perform Hajj of which 107,526 will perform the annual pilgrimage under the government scheme and 71,684 will under private schemes.

Source: Pakistan Today March 12, 2019 13:18 UTC