The first flight of Hajj pilgrims under the official Hajj scheme left for Madinah Munawara.

Hajj operation officially started in Pakistan. Two late-night flights from Karachi took 330 Hajj pilgrims to Medina.

8 counters have been given to the Saudi immigration authorities under the Road to Makkah project at Karachi Airport.

16281 pilgrims will go for Hajj from Karachi under Route to Makkah. The Hajj operation under the government scheme will continue till June 9.

The first Hajj flight was scheduled to depart from Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport this morning, but due to a fire in the ceiling of the immigration counter, the departure of this flight was delayed. Due to the fire, other international flights were also delayed.