KARACHI, May 11: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry is arriving in the metropolis aboard a commercial PIA flight (PK-301) on Saturday noon.

Airline sources said the scheduled time of arrival of the flight in Karachi was 11.55am provided it left Islamabad airport at 10am.

At least 101 passengers will be aboard flight PK-301 who had confirmed their tickets for the journey. The CJ will travel in the Club Class of PIA’s A-310 aircraft.

Sources said special arrangements have been made at the airport ahead of the CJ’s arrival. A meeting of the Civil Aviation Authority and other related organisations was held on Friday to review the arrangements.

The sources said that keeping in view security concerns the government had offered a helicopter to the CJ to take him to the Sindh High Court building from the airport but he had reportedly declined the offer.

The sources said there was a strong possibility that the government, in a bid to avoid confrontation between the supporters of the CJ and MQM workers, might delay his flight.