{"id":72379,"date":"2025-04-29T11:22:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T06:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=72379"},"modified":"2025-04-29T11:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T06:22:43","slug":"hajj-2025-first-flight-for-hajj-departs-from-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/hajj-2025-first-flight-for-hajj-departs-from-islamabad\/","title":{"rendered":"Hajj 2025: First flight for Hajj departs from Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Hajj 2025<\/a> flight operation has commenced<\/span> in Pakistan, and<\/span> this<\/span> means<\/span> the<\/span> sacred journey has<\/span> begun<\/span> for thousands of people<\/span>. The first flight, PIA PK-713, departs<\/span> from Islamabad International Airport to<\/span> Madinah, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs<\/a> and Interfaith Harmony, Sardar Muhammad Yousaf, highlighted that the government had<\/span> commitments<\/span> to provide<\/span> maximum facilities that<\/span> would<\/span> meet<\/span> the<\/span> needs<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> pilgrims in<\/span> Pakistan<\/span> during the Hajj season.<\/p>\n

He<\/span> confirmed<\/span> that all<\/span> possible and<\/span> necessary<\/span> steps<\/span> would be taken to resolve issues that<\/span> would<\/span> be<\/span> faced by Pakistani pilgrims while<\/span> in Saudi Arabia,<\/span> and<\/span> he<\/span> planned<\/span> to travel<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> country<\/span> shortly\u00a0to personally observe<\/span> the<\/span> arrangements<\/span> made<\/span> for<\/span> the Hajj.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> minister<\/span> also<\/span> requested<\/span> that<\/span> the pilgrims<\/span> respect<\/span> all<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> laws<\/span> laid<\/span> out<\/span> by<\/span> Saudi Arabia<\/span>,<\/span> and he<\/span> highlighted the importance of the SIM card and mobile application provided to each pilgrim to\u00a0assist<\/span> them<\/span> if<\/span> they lose their way during<\/span> Mina.<\/p>\n

The minister also mentioned<\/span> the Road to Makkah project<\/a>, which will be<\/span> provided<\/span> to<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 50,000 pilgrims from Islamabad and Karachi. With<\/span> this project<\/span>, the complete<\/span> immigration process of<\/span> pilgrims will be performed<\/span> in Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n

This<\/span> has<\/span> made<\/span> getting<\/span> to<\/span> Makkah<\/span> much<\/span> easier<\/span> and<\/span> convenient<\/span>. We<\/span> are also<\/span> working<\/span> to expand<\/span> this facility to<\/span> more cities in Pakistan starting<\/span> next year.<\/p>\n

Gratitude and Prayers Sardar Muhammad Yousaf thanked<\/span> the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz,<\/span> for the excellent arrangements for<\/span> the<\/span> Hajj<\/span>.<\/p>\n

He urged<\/span> the<\/span> pilgrims to also<\/span> pray for peace, progress, and prosperity for<\/span> Pakistan and the Muslim Ummah. Pilgrims’ Feedback Intending pilgrims, speaking to Radio Pakistan correspondent Abdul Rehman Cheema, praised<\/span> the initiative of the Road to Makkah project. Some<\/span> pilgrims<\/span> were<\/span> thankful<\/span> for the government’s work<\/span> to send<\/span> them<\/span> and make<\/span> their<\/span> journey<\/span> easier<\/span> and<\/span> enjoyable<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Hajj 2025 flight operation has commenced in Pakistan, and this means the sacred journey has begun for thousands of people. The first flight, PIA PK-713, departs from Islamabad International Airport to Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Sardar Muhammad Yousaf, highlighted that the government had commitments to provide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":69761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[28271,21026,28272],"class_list":["post-72379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-federal-minister-for-religious-affairs","tag-hajj-2025","tag-road-to-makkah-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72380,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72379\/revisions\/72380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}