Shocking details have emerged in the Hajj 2025 scandal in Pakistan.
The Hajj Organizers Association of Pakistan (HOAP) revealed that millions of Saudi Riyals in Hajj funds were transferred to the wrong account which jeopardized the pilgrimage of over 67,000 Pakistani pilgrims.
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The major financial mismanagement was revealed during a meeting of the Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith Harmony, chaired by Malik Muhammad Aamir Dogar, in Islamabad.
A HOAP representative claimed that despite not being officially informed of the October 23 deadline for submitting Hajj payments to the Saudi government, private tour operators sent the required funds five days before the deadline.
However, 50 million Saudi Riyals were erroneously deposited into the account of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), via the office of the Director General (DG) Hajj, instead of the designated Saudi Hajj account, causing a delay of over a month in retrieving the funds.
