ISLAMABAD – Hajj 2022 flight operations are set to start with the first flight leaving from Islamabad International Airport at 3:30 am on June 6.
Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority spokesperson told the local media outlet that the Hajj flight from Multan and Lahore will fly for Madinah tomorrow at 04:30 PM, and at 1:55 pm, carrying hundreds of pilgrims.
Kingdom has launched the Road to Makkah initiative in several countries including Pakistan for the fourth year since launching the initiative for the first time before the Covid pandemic in 2019.
It aimed to receive the pilgrims and complete their procedures from their countries with ease.
The South Asian country will be operating 42 flights to transport 14,007 pilgrims from the Islamabad airport.
Earlier, Religious Affairs Minister Mufti Abdul Shakoor and KSA’s ambassador Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki visited the Islamabad airport to observe the pre-departure immigration arrangements. Both expressed their satisfaction and appreciated the arrangements made at Islamabad International Airport.
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Kingdom allowed up to one million people join the Hajj pilgrimage this year, expanding it to foreign pilgrims after two years of Covid pandemic.
The fifth most populous country has been allotted a quota of 81,132 pilgrims for this year’s Hajj, with 32,000 people using a government scheme and 48,000 traveling using private operators.
