Hajj 2011: Flight times announcement on Aug 15

ISLAMABAD: The Hajj flight schedule will be issued by PIA in July and will be dispatched to the successful pilgrims by August 15, an official of the religious affairs ministry said on Saturday. Pilgrims from same districts will be accommodated on the same flight, he added. He said process to hire accommodations for intending pilgrims will be completed by July 15. The ministry will also launch an awareness campaign to facilitate the intending pilgrims in collaboration with a Saudi organisation dealing in Hajj affairs, he said. Provincial governments will hold training sessions in their respective areas to help people who will be performing Hajj for the first time.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 3^rd, 2011.