{"id":91316,"date":"2025-03-07T03:04:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T03:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/umrah-cost-surge-to-over-rs300000-pilgrims-disappointed\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T03:04:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T03:04:03","slug":"umrah-cost-surge-to-over-rs300000-pilgrims-disappointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/umrah-cost-surge-to-over-rs300000-pilgrims-disappointed\/","title":{"rendered":"Umrah cost surge to over Rs300,000; pilgrims disappointed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"featuredimg\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <!-- popular full --><\/p>\n<p class=\"captionimg\">Umrah cost surge to over Rs300,000; pilgrims disappointed<\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Skyrocketing inflation has made performing Umrah increasingly difficult, especially during Ramadan, as visa and travel expenses surge beyond affordability.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty-year-old Allah Ditta, who had been eagerly visiting travel agencies with hopes of performing Umrah, found his dreams shattered due to soaring costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to go during Ramadan, but the cost has now exceeded Rs350,000. Just six months ago, the package was around Rs200,000. I had saved only a limited amount, and now it feels impossible,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n<p>Travel agents are also witnessing a decline in Umrah bookings. Fahad Mufti, a travel agent, noted that the rising expenses have led to a 40\u201350% drop in travelers. He urged the government to introduce measures to ease the financial burden on pilgrims.<\/p>\n<p>For many, like Allah Ditta, years of savings are no longer enough to fulfill their spiritual aspirations. With travel and accommodation costs soaring, the sacred journey has become a distant dream for thousands of hopeful pilgrims.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Umrah cost surge to over Rs300,000; pilgrims disappointed Skyrocketing inflation has made performing Umrah increasingly difficult, especially during Ramadan, as visa and travel expenses surge beyond affordability. Sixty-year-old Allah Ditta, who had been eagerly visiting travel agencies with hopes of performing Umrah, found his dreams shattered due to soaring costs. \u201cWe wanted to go during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hajj-applications.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}