ISLAMABAD:The Senate on Tuesday offered fateha for the departed soul of the mother of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan.
Minister for Religious Affairs Pir Noor ul Haq Qadri led the prayer. Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Noor-ul-Haq Qadri said a strict monitoring system has been introduced for private Hajj tour operators from this year to provide maximum facilitation to pilgrims.
Replying to a question during Question Hour at the Upper House of Parliament on Tuesday, he said the Ministry of Religious Affairs sent six officials to monitor the facilities provided by Pakistani private Hajj operators at Saudi Arabia.
The officials will compile a report based on their observations and complaints received and strict action will be taken against the violators.
On another question, the Minister said the allocated annual budget for the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee for the year 2018-19 is 3.471 million rupees, of which the actual expenditure so far is 3.145 million rupees.
The budgetary allocation is to meet the expenditure on account of boarding, lodging, and TA/DA equivalent to BS-20 officers for the members of Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee.
Pir Noor ul Haq Qadri said the committee was constituted in 1974 and holds twelve meetings annually, including four major meetings for sighting moon for Muharram, Ramazan, Eid-ul-Fitr and Zilhajj.
The Minister told the House on a question that there is no proposal under consideration in the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony to establish Quran Complex in big cities of the country.