Post-Hajj operation: 12,000 pilgrims come home

25 post-Hajj flights of the Pakistan International Airlines have been operated so far

LAHORE: More than 12,000 pilgrims have returned to Pakistan from Jeddah so far onboard 25 post-Hajj flights of the Pakistan International Airlines, a PIA spokesperson said on Monday.

He said 1,600 pilgrims had arrived in Karachi on five flights, 4,000 in Lahore onboard nine flights, 2,150 pilgrims in Islamabad onboard five flights, 1,100 pilgrims landed in Peshawar on three flights and 1,100 pilgrims in Quetta onboard three flights.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 14^th, 2014.