RAWALPINDI: PIA`s Árst Haj flight will depart at 4:25am with 328 pilgrims on board from Benazir Bhutto Intema40nal Airport on Thursday.

A PIA spokesman said in the pre-Haj operation, from Aug 4 to Sept 5, PIA would operate over 265 flights to Jeddah and Madina, transporting 51,000 pilgrims.

Meanwhile, PIA chairman Azam Saigol chaired a meeting to review arrangements for Haj operation. The meeting was informed that during 2016 Haj operation PIA would operate flights from 10 cities.-Staff Reporter