The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Saturday transported 9,000 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia through 33 flights as the process to send Hujjaj on the annual sacred pilgrimage took off. According to the national airline's spokesperson, maiden flight PK 743 took 327 pilgrims from Lahore to Madinah. Read more: PIA suffers losses as bird strikes soar The PIA spokesperson said that more than 11,000 Hajj pilgrims would be transported to Madinah Munawwarah and Jeddah through 41 special and scheduled flights from Lahore. It is to be noted that the PIA's pre-Hajj operation would be completed on June 22 while the post-Hajj operation would start from July 2 and end on August 2 to bring back pilgrims from Saudi Arabia.
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