The first special Haj flight from Karachi, PK-1101, will leave for Jeddah on Saturday from Quaid-e-Azam International Airport. Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ibad will see off the pilgrims of the first pre-Haj flight from the city.
A ceremony would be held at the Haj Terminal of Karachi Airport and Governor would be chief guest at the programme. It is to be mentioned here that the pre-Haj operation of the PIA will be continued till Dec, 25 2006 and the post-Haj operation will commence from January 4, 2007 and would end at February 4, 2007.