The one-month post-Haj flights operation, which started on November 20 to bring back Pakistani pilgrims from Saudi Arabia, would complete on December 21. During this Haj, the Ministry of Religious Affairs had sent around 160,000 pilgrims to the Holy Land to perform their religious obligation under the government and private schemes.
Pakistan International Airlines and Saudi Airlines are operating special Haj flights to complete the post-Haj flights operation, a spokesman of the Ministry of Religious Affairs informed newsmen on Monday. "The overall Haj operation is going to complete tomorrow in accordance with the schedule," he said.
He said around 160,000 pilgrims had so far returned from Saudi Arabia after performing Haj since the beginning of post-Haj flights operation. Commenting on medical facilities to Pakistani pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, he said a hospital and dispensaries equipped with paramedical staff including specialist doctors had been set up in Makkah where provision of medicines was ensured. The spokesman said the medical mission attended 1,46,000 Pakistani pilgrims, out of those 695 were referred to the Saudi hospitals.