KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs (MoHRA) says 53,000 people have applied for performing the ritual this year and one sermon has been finalised and distributed to prayer leaders across the country.
Maulvi Abdul Wali Haqqani, finance and administrative chief at the ministry, recalled 53,000 people had been registered to perform hajj under the previous government. The applicants had also deposited submitted the hajj fee,
Speaking on an accountability programme here, he promised the applicants would be sent to Saudi Arabia to perform hajj in coming years.
He explained the people who performed the ritual . . .
