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PESHAWAR, Jan 27 (APP):Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Tuesday, passed a resolution demanding hajj flights from Bacha Khan International Airport.
While presenting the resolution in KP Assembly, Provincial Assembly Member Abdul Islam Afridi said that every year thousands of people from Pakistan travel to perform Hajj; however, despite the presence of an international airport in Peshawar, pilgrims from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are forced to depart from other cities. This causes them severe inconvenience as well as additional expenses.
Abdul Islam Afridi pointed out that in the past, Hajj flights were available from Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar, but the Ministry of Religious Affairs has since shifted this facility away from Peshawar, leading to unrest among the people of the province.
He said that elderly pilgrims and those coming from remote districts have to travel to other cities, which becomes a burden not only physically but also financially.
Through the resolution, the provincial assembly recommended that, keeping in view the convenience of the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, hajj flights under the government Hajj scheme may start from Bacha Khan International Airport, Peshawar, similar to the private Hajj scheme, so that pilgrims from the province can travel directly from their own province.