PIA Hajj flights from Karachi, Lahore, Quetta to begin today

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Hajj flights from Karachi, Lahore and Quetta will start from Monday (today), while flights from Islamabad have already started, Geo News reported.

PIA flights operation would continue carrying Hajj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia until October 9, while the post Hajj flights will start operating from October 19 until November 18.

Over 143,000 Pakistani pilgrims would perform Hajj this year and of them 70,000 will avail PIA flights to leave for Hijaz-e-Muqaddas.