More than 39,000 Pakistani pilgrims have so far been airlifted to various cities of the country by special Haj flights from Jeddah. These pilgrims were brought to Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan and Faisalabad by 130 special Haj flights since the start of post Haj operation, which started on January 24.

A total of 473 special flights will be operated to ferry more than 140,000 pilgrims to home from Saudi Arabia, official sources of Directorate General Haj informed newsmen here on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Seasonal Duty Staff has also issued 413 duplicate air tickets to the pilgrims who were lost during their stay in holy cities of Makkah Mukarramah and Madina Munawwarah.

The medical mission has so far provided medical facilities to 256457 outdoor patients.

As many as 259 patients were admitted in mission hospital while 327 were referred to Saudi Hospital for treatment.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2005