Pakistan, July 16 -- Federal Minister for Religious Affairs, Sardar Muhammad Yousaf, has made a startling revelation that over 40,000 Pakistani pilgrims who traveled to Iraq, Iran, and Syria have gone missing, with no official record of their whereabouts. He stated that both Iraqi and Iranian authorities have raised concerns with the Pakistani government over these undocumented visitors.

In response, the Ministry of Religious Affairs has launched a new computerized pilgrim management system aimed at preventing such incidents in the future. Under the new setup, pilgrims (zaireen) will only be allowed to travel through registered and verified Zaireen Group Organizers (ZGOs).

So far, over 1,400 private companies have applied to register wi...