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Nagarharis unhappy with
hajj quota
JALALABAD (PAN): Government officials and residents of Nangarhar said on
Saturday they were unhappy with the hajj quota for the eastern province.
A delegation from the Ministry of Hajj conducted a draw to select 1,520
people from Nangarhar for performing the religious ritual this year.
Hajj and Auqaf Director Maulvi Abdul Aziz Khairkhwa told Pajhwok Afghan
News a total of 5,400 intending pilgrims, including 2,500 women, had
submitted applications.
He said the ballot was underway in the presence of department officials, a
delegation from Kabul and representatives of security organs, courts and
the municipality.
Khairkhwa called Nangarhar an important province, given its population,
security, trade activities and border with Pakistan. He urged the central
government to increase the hajj quota for the province.
He also asked the government to arrange Hajj flights from Jalalabad, the
provincial capital, like other zones of the country.
Provincial council secretary, Dr. Lal Mohammad Durrani, recalled 1,150
people had been selected for hajj last year. He said the province had been
denied justice.
Badam Khan, 55, a resident of the Surkh Rod district, said he had been
selected as a result of the draw. "I don’t know anyone in the hajj
department. God has called me to Makkah."
Governor Gul Agha Sherzai has requested the Ministry of Hajj to increase
Nangarhar's quota to 2,000, said his spokesman, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai. "We
are not happy with the quota provided by the ministry."
hajj quota
JALALABAD (PAN): Government officials and residents of Nangarhar said on
Saturday they were unhappy with the hajj quota for the eastern province.
A delegation from the Ministry of Hajj conducted a draw to select 1,520
people from Nangarhar for performing the religious ritual this year.
Hajj and Auqaf Director Maulvi Abdul Aziz Khairkhwa told Pajhwok Afghan
News a total of 5,400 intending pilgrims, including 2,500 women, had
submitted applications.
He said the ballot was underway in the presence of department officials, a
delegation from Kabul and representatives of security organs, courts and
the municipality.
Khairkhwa called Nangarhar an important province, given its population,
security, trade activities and border with Pakistan. He urged the central
government to increase the hajj quota for the province.
He also asked the government to arrange Hajj flights from Jalalabad, the
provincial capital, like other zones of the country.
Provincial council secretary, Dr. Lal Mohammad Durrani, recalled 1,150
people had been selected for hajj last year. He said the province had been
denied justice.
Badam Khan, 55, a resident of the Surkh Rod district, said he had been
selected as a result of the draw. "I don’t know anyone in the hajj
department. God has called me to Makkah."
Governor Gul Agha Sherzai has requested the Ministry of Hajj to increase
Nangarhar's quota to 2,000, said his spokesman, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai. "We
are not happy with the quota provided by the ministry."
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