PIA's 51 Special Hajj Flights carried over 21,000 intending pilgrims
- September 19, 2013, 8:37 pm
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KARACHI, Sept 19 (APP): The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
on the 11th day of its pre-Hajj Operation, operated five special Hajj
flights while carrying around 2,000 Hujjaj to the Holy Land.
A PIA spokesman said that on Thursday, PIA's PK2121 carrying 500
Hujjaj left Karachi at 7.15 AM, from Peshawar PK2619 carrying 326 at
09.20 AM, another flight from Peshawar PK2021 carrying 329 at 2 PM,
from Multan PK2321 carrying 502 at 7.35 PM and from Quetta PK2721 took
off at 10 PM carrying 326 pilgrims to the Holy Land.
The departure and arrival of all flights was on time, the PIA
spokesman added.
He said that till now the total uplift of intending pilgrims
stand at 21,000 by fifty- one Hajj flights.
So far, seven Hajj flights from Karachi carried 2,913, nine
flights from Lahore 4,457; nine flights from Islamabad 4,311; thirteen
flights from Peshawar 4,506; seven flights from Quetta 2,298 and five
flights from Multan carried 2,512 Hujjaj to Saudi Arabia.
On Friday, a total of four special flights are scheduled to
operate; two from Peshawar and one each from Multan and Quetta.
