Karachi: PIA’s Pre-hajj operation of transporting more than 78,000 intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, commenced on Friday. Four PIA Pre-Hajj flights departed for Saudi Arabia transporting more than 1,300 intending pilgrims from Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar airports on the first day of Pre- Hajj flight departures.
Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan visited the New Islamabad Airport and met the intending pilgrims of PIA’s first Pre-Hajj flight from Islamabad. CEO PIA, Air Marshal Arshad Malik who is also supervising the Hajj operation has thanked the Prime Minister for his cooperation and support for PIA.
Federal Minister for Aviation, Sarwar Khan and Federal Minister for Religious Affairs, Noor Ul Haq Qadri along with Station Manager Pervaiz Naseer, Dy Station Manager Chaudhry Bashir were also present at Islamabad Airport. The significance part of hajj operation from Islamabad was Saudi Government’s “Road to Makkah Initiative”.
PIA made special arrangements for intending pilgrims and distributed reading material, umbrellas, travel kits and hand bags to intending pilgrims before departure of Hajj flights.
The Hajj flights will operate from Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Sialkot, Multan, Faisalabad, Quetta, Rahim Yar Khan and Sukkur.
The airlines Pre Hajj operation will conclude on 5th August 2019. The Post Hajj operating of bringing back the Hujjaj from Saudi Arabia will commence from 17th August and conclude on 14th September 2019.
