Hajj Management Information System by PITB

By Nisar Ahmad -
Hajj Management Information System, developed by 
Punjab Information Technology Board  (PITB) , is an automation of Hajj process starting from registration and flight booking to accommodation and returning back to Pakistan. Apart from making the journey convenient for Hujjaj, the automated system generates insightful reports for Ministry of Religious Affairs. The graphs below show the number of Hujjaj from various areas.
Annually around 1.5 million Pakistani pilgrims travel to KSA to perform the religious obligation. Majority of the Hajis are travelling for the very first time outside Pakistan and have a very low formal educational background. Accommodating such a large number of people has caused discrepancies for the government in the past. PITB has automated the whole rooms allotment process for convenience of the pilgrims and the government.
 Graph below summaries the buildings capacities and their distances from Haram to manage the pilgrims appropriately.

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