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 content of the source.
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