{"id":74523,"date":"2025-05-15T17:28:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=74523"},"modified":"2025-05-15T17:28:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:28:52","slug":"hajj-2025-second-phase-of-flight-operation-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/hajj-2025-second-phase-of-flight-operation-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Hajj 2025: Second phase of flight operation begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Upon the completion of the first phase of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/hajj-flights-operating-as-schedule-religious-affairs-ministry\/\">Hajj<\/a> flight operation, Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sardar Muhammad Yousaf received 305 pilgrims under the government-sponsored scheme started on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">\n<div id=\"div-ub-dailypakistan.com.pk_1689057861141\">\n<div id=\"unibots-video\">\n<div id=\"ubVideo\" class=\"ub-loaded unsticky\">\n<div class=\"vjs-text-track-display\" translate=\"yes\" aria-live=\"off\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"vjs-control-bar\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"vjs-progress-control vjs-control\">\n<div class=\"vjs-progress-holder vjs-slider vjs-slider-horizontal\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"slider\" aria-valuenow=\"2.27\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\" aria-label=\"Progress Bar\" aria-valuetext=\"00:13 of 10:04\">\n<div class=\"vjs-play-progress vjs-slider-bar\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"vjs-time-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Over <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ministry-of-religious-affairs-launches-24-7-helpline-for-pakistan-hajj-pilgrims-amid-rising-tensions\/\">45000 Hajj<\/a> pilgrims will depart from Jeddah to Makkah by May 31, than procedding to Madina after perofrminf sacred duty.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Director General Hajj Abdul Wahab Soomro, Chief Coordinator Hajj Operations Dr. Mirza Ali Mehsud, Director Makkah Azizullah Khan, Consul General Khalid Majeed, and Saudi officials were also present on the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Ministry of Religious Affairs has announced the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">commencement<\/span> of the second phase of Hajj flights <span class=\"diff-highlight\">from<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Pakistan<\/span>, with <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">first<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">group<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> Pakistani <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Hajj<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">pilgrims<\/span> departing for Jeddah <span class=\"diff-highlight\">via<\/span> various airports <span class=\"diff-highlight\">in<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Pakistan<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>From today, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> pilgrims will land at Jeddah Airport<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> then <span class=\"diff-highlight\">travel<\/span> directly to Makkah<span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Saudi<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Arabia<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">for<\/span> Hajj. On the first day of <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">second<\/span> phase, <span class=\"diff-highlight\">flight<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">operations<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">will<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">have<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">2<\/span> flights <span class=\"diff-highlight\">with<\/span> 633 Pakistani pilgrims <span class=\"diff-highlight\">travelling<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> Jeddah.<\/p>\n<p>The second phase <span class=\"diff-highlight\">will<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">continue<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">from<\/span> the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">conclusion<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> phase <span class=\"diff-highlight\">one<\/span> of <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> Hajj departures. On the <span class=\"diff-highlight\">last<\/span> day of <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">first<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">phase<\/span>, 13 flights <span class=\"diff-highlight\">operated<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">with<\/span> 2,399 pilgrims <span class=\"diff-highlight\">departing<\/span> to Madinah.<\/p>\n<p>In total, 145 flights <span class=\"diff-highlight\">overall<\/span> were operated during the first phase <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">the<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Hajj<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">departures,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">and<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">a<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">total<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">of<\/span> 31,044 Pakistani pilgrims <span class=\"diff-highlight\">were<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">flown<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">to<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Madinah<\/span><span class=\"diff-highlight\">,<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Saudi<\/span> <span class=\"diff-highlight\">Arabia<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Upon the completion of the first phase of the Hajj flight operation, Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sardar Muhammad Yousaf received 305 pilgrims under the government-sponsored scheme started on Thursday. Over 45000 Hajj pilgrims will depart from Jeddah to Makkah by May 31, than procedding to Madina after perofrminf sacred duty. Director [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":69761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[441,21026],"class_list":["post-74523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-pilgrims","tag-hajj-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74523","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74524,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74523\/revisions\/74524"}],"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=74523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}