PIA has completed its pre-Hajj operation from Multan and Sialkot stations. The Airline operated 10 hajj flights from Multan carrying 4,661 intending pilgrims and nine flights from Sialkot carrying 4,159 intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, PIA spokesman said here on Monday.
PIA operated Hajj flights from Multan for the first time in History with 100 percent punctuality. The 466 intending pilgrims of the first Hajj flight from Multan were seen off by Prime Minister of Pakistan, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on 28 October 2010. PIA's pre-Hajj operation which commenced from 11 October 2010 is in the final stages of its completion. PIA has so far carried 93,782 intending Hajj pilgrims through 233 flights to the Holy Land.
PIA has carried 18,889 intending Hajj pilgrims from Karachi through 43 Hajj flights, 20,625 from Islamabad through 45 flights, 18,212 through 42 flights from Lahore, 17,466 through 54 flights from Peshawar and 9,770 intending pilgrims through 30 flights from Quetta. The remaining pre-Hajj flights from Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta stations will conclude on November 10, 2010.-PR