{"id":23309,"date":"2026-08-10T18:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23309"},"modified":"2026-08-10T18:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:09:16","slug":"hajj-process-fully-digitised-pilgrims-can-now-apply-from-home-says-sardar-muhammad-yousaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23309","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Hajj process fully digitised; pilgrims can now apply from home,&#8217; says Sardar Muhammad Yousaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Islamabad: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Muhammad Yousaf has announced that the Hajj process has been fully digitised, allowing intending pilgrims to submit their applications from home.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference in the federal capital, the minister said the government wanted to spare pilgrims from lengthy waiting times and long queues, which is why the entire system had been shifted to a digital platform.<\/p>\n<p>He said around 400,000 registered applicants would be able to complete the process without visiting offices or banks.<\/p>\n<p>According to the minister, three payment options have been introduced for Hajj expenses. Pilgrims will be able to make payments through credit cards or the PSID system, while cash payments can also be deposited after printing the challan form.<\/p>\n<p>Sardar Muhammad Yousaf said the government Hajj scheme has been allocated a quota of 107,526 pilgrims.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the collection of the first instalment will begin on August 17, while the second instalment will be collected in October.<\/p>\n<p>Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, and the registration process will be closed once the quota has been filled, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister further stated that private Hajj pilgrims would also be able to select their operators through the Pak Hajj application.<\/p>\n<p>He advised intending pilgrims not to make direct payments to private tour operators.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Muhammad Yousaf has announced that the Hajj process has been fully digitised, allowing intending pilgrims to submit their applications from home. Addressing a press conference in the federal capital, the minister said the government wanted to spare pilgrims from lengthy waiting times and long queues, which is why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[12517,12126,7188,13321,62,12516],"class_list":["post-23309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-government-hajj-scheme","tag-hajj-2026","tag-ministry-of-religious-affairs","tag-pak-hajj-app","tag-pakistan","tag-sardar-muhammad-yousaf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23311,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23309\/revisions\/23311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}