Month long Hajj flight operation to start from Monday

05 Sep, 2013

ISLAMABAD: A month long Hajj flights operation for carrying 143000 Pakistani pilgrims to Saudi Arabia would begin from Monday, said an official of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony.

Talking to APP, he said over 288 Hajj flights would go to Saudi Arabia. The Hajj operation would conclude on October 9. As many as 122 buildings have already been hired to accommodate 86,021 Government Scheme Pilgrims. The Hajj operation would be conducted from Karachi, Quetta, Islamabad, Sukkur, Peshawar, etc.

The boarding cards would be issued to the intending pilgrims at their respective Haji camps. The vaccination of the intending pilgrims would continue in the Haji Camps from Sept 2 to Oct 9, he said.

The Ministry has made a special help line operational to facilitate the intending Hujjaj. All Hujjaj could get Hajj information from the helpline 0800-77000; 0800-1166622. The complaints could also be registered at the website of the ministry. The complaints would remain present till the removal.

The complaints would be monitored personally by the minister, Secretary Religious Affairs. The complaint data would help improving future Hajj operations.

An 11 member Hajj Advisory Committee would monitor the entire Hajj operation. Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, State Minister, Secretary and Chairmen of the Standing Committees (Religious Affairs) of National Assembly and Senate would be among the members of the committee.

A 540 member Hajj Medical Mission would remain present in Saudia for providing medical facilities to the intending pilgrims. 230 Mauvineen-e-Hujjaj, 270 seasonal staff and 900 local Muavneen would be present at the Saudia for assisting the Hujjaj.

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