Chittagong Bureau :
Increase of quota for Hajj Pilgrims from the Bangladesh is the demand of the hour. It is witnessed that about 40 thousand of pilgrims under govt quota intend to perform hajj this year.
In this situation, Hajj Pilgrims Welfare Council ( HPWC) urged the Saudi Government to withdraw imposition of 20% quota curtail on Bangladesh following the renovation and expansion work of Masjidul Haram .
As such more than 20 thousand hajj pilgrims will get chance to perform hajj under govt management, a sources of HPWC said. These opinions over hajj pilgrims was disclosed at a meeting of HPWC held at Hotel Paramount International auditorium in city on April 1 last duly presided by its President Alhaj Ahmadul Islam Chowdhury in the chair.
Principal Dr. Abdul Karim delivered the address of welcome and it was conducted by Dr. Saleh Ahmed Suleman.
Among others, Vice President Prof. Dr. Md. Ismail Miah, Principal Allama Shakawat Hossain, Md. Mumtaz Kamal chowdhury, Abu Md. Nurul Islam, Nurul Alam chowdhury, Ahmed Hossain chowdhury, Shafiqur Rahman, Kazi Md. Faizullah, Alhaj Imdadullah, Alhaj Alamgir Alam, Principal Dr. Md. Nurul Amin, Moulana Kazi Md. Shihabuddin, and Advocate Md. Elias spoke on the occasion. The speakers said, good relations prevailing with Saudi Arab and the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina may resolve the hajj quota issue if the initiatives are taken .
The speakers urge the concerned authorities to ascertain the real hajj pilgrims so registered with the Hajj agencies to avoid the fake hajj pilgrims and the fake agencies must be liable for manpower trafficking in the name Hajj or Omrah . The chair of the meet concluded the meeting with thanks to all present, a HPWC sources said.
Increase of quota for Hajj Pilgrims from the Bangladesh is the demand of the hour. It is witnessed that about 40 thousand of pilgrims under govt quota intend to perform hajj this year.
In this situation, Hajj Pilgrims Welfare Council ( HPWC) urged the Saudi Government to withdraw imposition of 20% quota curtail on Bangladesh following the renovation and expansion work of Masjidul Haram .
As such more than 20 thousand hajj pilgrims will get chance to perform hajj under govt management, a sources of HPWC said. These opinions over hajj pilgrims was disclosed at a meeting of HPWC held at Hotel Paramount International auditorium in city on April 1 last duly presided by its President Alhaj Ahmadul Islam Chowdhury in the chair.
Principal Dr. Abdul Karim delivered the address of welcome and it was conducted by Dr. Saleh Ahmed Suleman.
Among others, Vice President Prof. Dr. Md. Ismail Miah, Principal Allama Shakawat Hossain, Md. Mumtaz Kamal chowdhury, Abu Md. Nurul Islam, Nurul Alam chowdhury, Ahmed Hossain chowdhury, Shafiqur Rahman, Kazi Md. Faizullah, Alhaj Imdadullah, Alhaj Alamgir Alam, Principal Dr. Md. Nurul Amin, Moulana Kazi Md. Shihabuddin, and Advocate Md. Elias spoke on the occasion. The speakers said, good relations prevailing with Saudi Arab and the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina may resolve the hajj quota issue if the initiatives are taken .
The speakers urge the concerned authorities to ascertain the real hajj pilgrims so registered with the Hajj agencies to avoid the fake hajj pilgrims and the fake agencies must be liable for manpower trafficking in the name Hajj or Omrah . The chair of the meet concluded the meeting with thanks to all present, a HPWC sources said.
