PIA sending planes to bring pilgrims

KARACHI: The Pakistan Air Lines (PIA) has sent one plane to bring home the stranded Pakistanis and two more planes will leave by 11:00 pm today, Geo News reported.

The airline decided to send three planed to bring home the pilgrims stranded at Jeddah airport for the last four days.

At least 132 Pakistanis, returning home after performing Umrah, have been marooned at the Jeddah Airport for the last three days.

Talking to Geo News, one of the stranded passenger, Idrees Chauhdry, held nothing back revealing the treacherous attitude of the authorities there, who after collecting their passports drove them into a hall forcing them to sit on the floor like prisoners.

He said, “ We have been made hostages here, no one is listening to us”.

There are women, children, old, and sick among the passengers and one old woman suffered a heart attack a day ago.

These passengers were supposed to reach Pakistan before eid, but callous immigration authorities bashed their dreams.