The pre-Hajj flight operation to transport Pakistani pilgrims to Saudi Arabia will conclude tonight.

Radio Pakistan’s correspondent Asad Ullah Khan reports from Saudi Arabia that twelve flights from various cities will transport 3,296 intending pilgrims.

The final flight from Lahore will take off tonight with 290 passengers on board.

So far, 114,078 intending pilgrims have arrived in the Holy Land via the ‘Route to Makkah’ initiative.

The post-Hajj flight operation from Jeddah will begin on the 31st of this month.