There is a professional goof at work while dealing with the Haj operations. The fear that around 67,000 aspiring pilgrims will be denied their right to go on Hajj is quite worrisome. It is perhaps owing to a system error that Pakistani authorities could not figure out in real time while interacting with the Saudi portal. This could also lead to forfeit a quota of over 77,000 due to non-compliance with the Saudi regulations.

It seems such back-end errors and protocol deviations are becoming common year........

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