Online system has ensured Haj remained inexpensive: Naqvi

Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday claimed that digitising Hajrelated processes has ensured that the annual pilgrimage remained inexpensive despite the absence of subsidy and made the system "pro-pilgrim".

The Haj subsidy provided by the government was removed last year in the light of a Supreme Court order of 2012. "Making the entire Haj process completely online/digital has not only ensured that the pilgrimage has become inexpensive even after removal of Haj subsidy, but also made the process absolutely pro-pilgrim," a statement quoted the Minority Affairs Minister as saying.