{"id":18537,"date":"2026-05-04T18:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/05\/04\/hajj-flights-resume-direct-jeddah\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:32:12","slug":"hajj-flights-resume-direct-jeddah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/05\/04\/hajj-flights-resume-direct-jeddah\/","title":{"rendered":"Hajj Flights Resume with Direct Jeddah Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad, May 4, 2026 \u2014 Hajj flights continued as Pakistan stepped up departures to Saudi Arabia, with <strong>32,454<\/strong> government-designated pilgrims transported on <strong>126<\/strong> flights and an additional <strong>4,489<\/strong> private pilgrims arriving.<\/p>\n<p>Direct Hajj flights to Jeddah began on May 4, expanding air links for pilgrims. On the same day, <strong>17<\/strong> flights from various Pakistani cities were scheduled to carry <strong>4,377<\/strong> more pilgrims, reflecting the sustained pace of Hajj flights operations coordinated by national teams.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistan Hajj Mission&#8217;s main control office remains active in providing coordinated services. The mission&#8217;s lost and recovery unit located and escorted <strong>6<\/strong> pilgrims back to their groups and reunited <strong>37<\/strong> wheelchairs and <strong>37<\/strong> suitcases with their owners, while on-ground Haram guides assisted more than <strong>13,000<\/strong> pilgrims to find correct routes within the holy precincts.<\/p>\n<p>Medical support under the Hajj Medical Mission has been extensive, offering preventive and urgent care. Teams performed <strong>132<\/strong> dental procedures, <strong>28<\/strong> X-rays, <strong>18<\/strong> laboratory tests, <strong>8<\/strong> ultrasounds, <strong>5<\/strong> ECGs and provided around <strong>5,000<\/strong> OPD services to pilgrims, reinforcing health readiness during this phase of Hajj flights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hajj flights ongoing as Pakistan sends 32,454 official pilgrims; direct Jeddah services begin May 4 with medical and support operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":18536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}