Hajj pilgrims asked to pay balance amount by June 10
Mangaluru, May 24: For the pilgrims planned to take Hajj yatra, the government has fixed Rs 2,63,450 per person for Green division and Rs 2,29,250 for Aziziya section. Of which, the first installment amount of Rs 81,000 was paid. The remaining amount of Rs 1,82,450 in Green division and Rs 1,48,250 in Aziziya division should be paid by June 10 as per the direction of the State Hajj Executive Officer, according to a press release from Mangaluru Hajj Maintenance Committee president Yenepoya Mohammed Kunhi.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
