Nat'l Hajj Policy soon

BSS, Dhaka
The government will soon announce the National Hajj Policy-2005 with provisions of various facilities for the pilgrims.

The work for preparing a draft on it has already been completed. However, the pilgrims will face no difficulty in performing Hajj, an official handout said here yesterday.

State Minister for Religious Affairs Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan on Saturday said the government was committed to solve all problems in the Hajj-related affairs.

Addressing a pilgrims' reunion at Eastern Circuit Community centre in the city, he said the pilgrims would be provided accommodation near the Makkah Al-Muazzama so that they could perform their Hajj perfectly and say their five-time prayers in the Masjid-ul-Haaram.

Measures will also be undertaken to ensure flawless management with due facilities for the pilgrims both in Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia during the Hajj, the handout said.

Shahjahan described the reunion of pilgrims as an important event and said exchange of pleasantries as well as views and experiences among them would help a lot to remove any problem or difficulty in the Hajj-related affairs.