{"id":15026,"date":"2026-04-19T08:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=15026"},"modified":"2026-04-19T08:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:11:10","slug":"pia-resumes-hajj-flights-from-faisalabad-after-four-year-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=15026","title":{"rendered":"PIA resumes Hajj flights from Faisalabad after four-year hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Hajj 2026 operations by the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have resumed from Faisalabad International Airport after a gap of four years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first flight departed carrying 150 pilgrims to Medina. The pilgrims were seen off by Commissioner Musarrat Jabeen and MPA Ahmed Shahryar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to officials, a total of 3,680 pilgrims will travel to Saudi Arabia through 23 flights by 19 May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will operate 15 flights from Faisalabad to Medina and nine to Jeddah as part of the Hajj operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final Hajj flight under this operation is scheduled to depart on 19 May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 18, the first flight carrying Hajj pilgrims from Karachi has arrived in Madina. Upon arrival, the 155 pilgrims were warmly welcomed in Madina Munawwara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director General (DG) Hajj Abdul Wahab Soomro, alongside other high-ranking officials, received the pilgrims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flowers were showered, and gifts were presented, while traditional Saudi welcome songs accompanied by the rhythmic beats of the duff created a spiritual and memorable atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pakistani pilgrims have been provided residency in the Markaziya area of Madina. To facilitate their worship and movement, pilgrims were immediately issued NUSUK cards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hajj 2026 operations by the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have resumed from Faisalabad International Airport after a gap of four years. The first flight departed carrying 150 pilgrims to Medina. The pilgrims were seen off by Commissioner Musarrat Jabeen and MPA Ahmed Shahryar. According to officials, a total of 3,680 pilgrims will travel to Saudi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3859443944190656_828796993651875":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_3859443944190656_828796993651875","service":"facebook","timestamp":1776586287,"status":"success"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pakistan"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15028,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15026\/revisions\/15028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}