First batch of Pakistani Hajj pilgrims reach Madinah

ISLAMABAD: The first batch of Pakistani Hajj pilgrims reached Saudi Arabia on Thursday via three flights from Karachi and Islamabad.

Three flights carrying as many as 530 Pakistani passengers landed in Madina Munawara for Hajj 2024 rituals.

Two flights from Karachi carrying 179 and 151 Pakistani Hajj pilgrims landed in Madina while the third flight which departed from Islamabad with 200 pilgrims also reached Saudi Arabia.

The Pakistani Hajj pilgrims were welcomed by the Pakistani Envoy to Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Farooq, DG Hajj, Abdul Wahab Soomro, Director Hajj Madina, Ziaur Rehman and Director Facilitation and Cooperation, Ahmed Nadeem at the Madina airport.

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More than 68,000 intending pilgrims under government’s regular Hajj scheme will be flown to Saudi Arabia by 259 flights of several airlines in a month-long pre-Hajj flights operation. 

From May 24 to June 9, most flights will arrive at Jeddah while the post-Hajj flight operation from Saudi Arabia to Pakistan will start on June 20. 

It is reported that on the first day (Thursday), 11 flights carrying 2,160 intending pilgrims will depart for Medina from airports of Pakistan.