Hajj flights: First flight from RY Khan leaves today

BAHAWALPUR: The first Hajj flight from Rahim Yar Khan will leave for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday (today). The Pakistan International Airlines flight, carrying 73 pilgrims, will leave at 6:20pm from Shaikh Zayed International Airport. The second Hajj flight will leave on September 10 with 158 passengers and the third flight will leave on September 11 with 157 passengers. PIA has asked pilgrims to arrive at the airport six hours before the flight. Customs officers have been called from Multan to clear flights. DCO Nabeel Javed will see off the first flight.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, September 10^th, 2014.