KUWAIT: The Awqafand Islamic Affairs Ministry will start discussions over a plan to reduceprices of hajj missions for the next season, as the ministry's supervisiondepartment believes they are highly priced, and it is not realistic for somemissions to have prices reaching KD 3,000 per pilgrim. The sources said aministry study believes the suitable price for a hajj mission must be betweenKD 1,500 and KD 2,250.
The sources saidthe Awqaf Ministry operated low-cost hajj missions for Kuwaitis at a maximumprice of KD 1,300 and the idea was highly successful, with services that wereno less than missions priced at KD 3,000. They said the low-cost hajj missionsnext year will have double the number of those registered this year, which willforce other missions to reduce their prices. Bedoon hajj missions chargedprices of KD 1,300 or less - the pilgrim paid KD 650 and the rest was paid bythe Awqaf secretariat and Zakat House.
By A Saleh