The Ministry of Religious Affairs has resumed the Hajj operation after the announcement of a high fire between Pakistan and India, and the reopening of Pakistan airspace, said Express News.
Last night, after the attacks of Indian missiles in three bases of the Pakistan Air Force by India, which were intercepted by the country’s air defense systems, the Pakistan Airport Authority (PAA) had imposed an air emergency throughout the country and suspended all flight operations.
However, after a great reduction from India, Pakistan has reopened its airspace to all civil and commercial flights. The high fire restores normal flight operations in airports throughout the country, indicating a return to stability after an interruption period.
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According to sources from the Ministry, a Hajj flight is scheduled to leave later tonight, marking the formal resumption of operations that were temporarily suspended due to high tensions between Pakistan and India.
Early in the day, three Hajj flights were canceled in the middle of the security situation, which carries the total number of flights suspended to ten since the climbing began. The interruption affected 2,290 pilgrims who could not travel to Saudi Arabia in time.
The suspended flights included seven operated by Saudi Airlines and three by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the ministry said.
Pakistan opened his airspace since the high the full and immediate fire between India and Pakistan has been reached after days of greater military exchanges between the two residents of southern Asia with nuclear weapons.
The announcement was made for the first time by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, on Saturday and then confirmed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the ISHAQ Dar DPM, the Minister of External Affairs of India, S. Jaishankar, and the Secretary of State of the United States Marco Rubio.
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In a statement, the Ministry of Religious Affairs confirmed that 1,100 of the affected pilgrims have already been sent to Saudi Arabia on special PIA flights, while there are arrangements to transport the remaining 1,190 in the next few days.
“Pakistan airspace has been completely restored for all types of flights. Hajj’s operations will now continue according to the original schedule,” said the ministry.
The canceled flights included three from Lahore, two from Islamabad and one from Karachi and fine.
A total of 1,277 pilgrims have been flown through special flights, and the remaining 1,013 will be sent shortly, authorities added. Until now, 19,669 Pakistani pilgrims have successfully arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform the Hayy.
The Ministry advised all the pilgrims to keep in touch with their respective Hajj camps for flight updates and more assistance.
