HGOs ensure Rs 65,000 losses on each Hajj package: HOAP.

ISLAMABAD -- Private Hajj Group Organisers (HGOs) were enduring Rs 65,000 losses on each approved private Hajj package due to depreciation in value of rupee and increase in airline fares, Chairman Hajj Group Organisers Association of Pakistan (HOAP) Muhammad Waheed Iqbal Butt said. In a statement issued here, he asked the government to provide relief to HGOs to save them from further losses.

Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony had approved private Hajj packages at the estimated rates of Rs 39 per dollar whereas one dollar has already surpassed Rs 150 mark. He...