Subsidizing Hajj against its basic philosophy: Fawad

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Widecasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Friday said that giving subsidy to Hajj was against
the basic philosophy of Hajj.In a tweet, he said that Hajj and Zakat were compulsory for those Muslims who could afford them.He said that
giving subsidy to Hajj would mean spending poor tax payers money on Hajj expenses, compulsory only for those who could afford.The minister
was obviously replying to the criticism over the government refusal to subsidise this year Hajj.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the
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