KARACHI: Caretaker Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Aneeq Ahmed on Saturday said that an app had been launched to facilitate Haj pilgrims travel.

Talking to journalists during his visit to New Haji Camp, he said that this app would guide pilgrims from Haj flight to their stay in Saudi Arabia and all other relevant details would be available on the app, including videos for training of pilgrims.

Mr Ahmed added that all pilgrims would be provided with a free single-coloured QR coded suitcase so that they could easily identify their belongings.

He said that every pilgrim would be given a mobile SIM of a Saudi company for free which would have 180 minutes for international calls.

Pilgrims to be given ‘single-coloured QR coded’ suitcase to easily identify their belongings

He further said that the caretaker government reduced the price of the official Haj package by Rs100,000.

Talking about building of the New Haji Camp, the minister said that the building had been renovated and a vaccination centre also established for pilgrims.

He said that the ‘Interfaith Harmony Conference’ was organised under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Religious Affairs, in which the ambassadors from 30 countries had been invited.

Mr Ahmed said that Interfaith Harmony Dialogue was held in University of Karachi, NED University and Iqra University Karachi and Islamabad campuses.

The dialogue was also arranged in the St Patrick’s Church in which Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Hindu, Parsi and Jain scholars participated. “We conveyed the message of humanity to the world.”

He said that the project of establishing schools and clinics in mosques had been initiated by the Badshahi Mosque of Lahore and would be expanded across the country.

Published in Dawn, February 11th, 2024