Flight schedule for intending pilgrims to be issued on August 15

ISLAMABAD: Flight Schedule for intending pilgrims would be issued on August 15.

An official of ministry of Religious of Affairs told APP on Thursday that PIA will issue flight schedule to ministry on July and that would be dispatched to the successful pilgrims by August 15.

He said the process to hire buildings for intending pilgrim have completed.

He said intending pilgrims belonging to same districts will be accommodated in one flight and one building.

While the PIA will allot them terminals in advance to save the time of the intending pilgrims, he said.

He said the ministry will also launch an awareness campaign to facilitate the intending pilgrims, MoU in this regard has already been inked with Radio Pakistan and PTV.

The Minister of Religious Affairs this year has declared all 86,000 Hajj applicants as eligible for performing the Hajj 2011.

"All the applicants, who submitted applications in various banks by May 29 will be eligible to perform Hajj 2011 as the Government has withdrawn its 15 percent quota with the resolve to facilitate the intending pilgrims."

As per past practices, the government withholds 15 percent quota to facilitate the labours and the needy.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011