The government will return one hundred and fifty thousand rupees to each pilgrim as Hajj subsidy announced during the pre-Hajj operation.

This was stated by Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Mufti Abdul Shakoor while addressing a press conference in Islamabad.

He said the process of disbursement of the Hajj subsidy will start from Wednesday and continue till end of this month.

The Minister said a total over 5.107 billion rupees will be distributed among more than thirty four thousand pilgrims.