KARACHI: Hajis start returning

Published January 5, 2007

KARACHI, Jan 4: The first post-Haj PIA flight (PK-4002) carrying 205 pilgrims landed at Karachi airport on Thursday at 7:30am, some 30 minutes behind schedule. Senior officials of the ministry of religious affairs, Civil Aviation Authority, Airport Security Force, customs, other agencies received and greeted the pilgrims. Relatives and friends welcomed and garlanded the pilgrims as they came out of the Haj Terminal. A spokesman for the airline said PIA will ferry 150,000 pilgrims from the holy land to Pakistan while Saudia airlines will transport around 25,000 pilgrims.

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