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Haj flights from Sukkur on Feb 14

SUKKUR: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Saturday announced schedule of Haj-2000 flights from Sukkur to Jeddah via Karachi and back from Jeddah to Sukkur via Karachi.

It said, the first Haj flight carrying 80 pilgrims will depart from Sukkur to Karachi on February 14 at 7.45 a.m. which will reach Karachi at 8.40 a.m. After a short stay at Karachi this batch of intending Hujjaj will depart by another flight from Karachi to Jeddah at 11.00 a.m. the same day.

The exercise commencing from February 14 will be continued upto February 29 on regular basis carrying an equal number of Haj pilgrims daily from Sukkur to Karachi and Karachi to Jeddah with same timings.

In all there will be 16 flights to carry 1,280 Hajis from Haji Camp Sukkur to Jeddah.

The post-Haj flights from Jeddah to Karachi and Karachi to Sukkur will start from March 20 in a similar manner. APP