Pakistan, April 23 -- Lahore High Court (LHC), on Monday, asked for concluding arguments in the petition filed against Hajj Policy 2019 on Tuesday.

The petition was taken up by Justice Aisha A. Malik.

It stated that the government had demanded Rs 4,56,000 in its new Hajj policy. Previously, the pilgrims paid Rs 2,80,000 for Hajj under the government scheme.

The government was now said to have withdrawn the subsidy offered to the pilgrims; making pilgrimage 65 per cent more expensive.

It may be pertinent to mention here that by withdrawing the subsidy, the government had increased the expenses by Rs 1,76,000 for each pilgrim, whereas the overall pilgrimage would cost Rs 4,56,000.

Earlier, the federal cabinet had approved its first Haj...