Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday urged all hajj pilgrims to use mobile app ‘Labbaik’ developed to facilitate hajj services for them.
‘This app will play a great role in ensuring that pilgrims can perform their religious practices smoothly,’ he said while inaugurating the newly introduced app at the state guest house Jamuna in Dhaka.
The ‘Labbaik’ app was developed for the first time in the country under the government management.
Speaking on the occasion, he said that since the app would be helpful for hajj pilgrims in performing their religious practices and it had various features including health services, the app would make a great contribution to performing hajj with devotion.
To make the hajj pilgrimage easier, the chief adviser directed the authorities concerned to upgrade the app further so that the Muslims can use the app from the stage of thinking of going to Hajj from next year although they are able to use the app from the beginning of hajj this year.
He said that initiatives would be taken to learn from countries having advanced hajj management and to provide technical support to the countries, which did not have such systems to develop the app as well.
Yunus also suggested making this app easier and error-free in the future.
Apart from making religious practices easier, the chief adviser said that the app would help hajj pilgrims to travel in Saudi Arabia without any worries. He thanked all involved in developing the app.
Along with the app, Yunus inaugurated a hajj prepaid card and hajj roaming package facilities on the occasion.
Religious adviser AFM Khalid Hossain, cultural adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and chief adviser’s special assistant Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb were, among others, present.