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Express Tribune
2 days ago
- Express Tribune
First post-Hajj PIA flight departs Jeddah with 307 Pakistani pilgrims
Listen to article Pakistan's post-Hajj flight operation is set to begin Tuesday evening with the departure of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-732 from Jeddah, carrying 307 pilgrims. The flight will leave King Abdulaziz International Airport at 8:50 PM local time and is expected to land at Islamabad International Airport at 3:50 AM on Wednesday, according to Dr Syed Ata Ur Rehman, Secretary of the Ministry of Religious Affairs. Dr Ata confirmed that the first return flight from Madinah, PK-7030, is scheduled for June 12. It will depart for Lahore at 3:30 PM and arrive at 10:30 PM with approximately 307 pilgrims on board. The post-Hajj operation will continue until July 10, concluding with flight PK-7094, which will bring around 437 pilgrims from Madinah to Islamabad at 12:30 PM. A total of more than 88,000 pilgrims who performed Hajj under the government scheme will be brought back to Pakistan through 362 flights. Dr Ata added that over 115,000 Pakistanis performed Hajj this year under both government and private arrangements. The Pakistan Hajj Mission has made detailed logistical preparations to ensure the smooth and dignified return of all pilgrims to the country.
Memri
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Memri
California Imam Tarik Ata on DC Shooting of Israeli Staffers: Politicians Expressing Outrage Are Privately Pleased — It Strengthens Their Narrative; They've Been Chosen by the Devil, Not God
In a Friday sermon delivered at the Orange County Islamic Foundation in California on May 23, 2025, Imam Tarik Ata discussed the Capital Jewish Museum attack, in which two Israeli embassy staffers were killed. He qualified that it is against the law to do something like that, 'even if they are employed by an entity that is the worst of the worst.' Ata said that he expects politicians who have expressed outrage over the murder and claimed it was an expression of antisemitism to be privately pleased with the attack, saying: 'This is exactly what we needed,' because it strengthens their narrative. He asked them to spare the outrage, saying it is nothing more than an attempt to gain political leverage, because they are 'the most inhumane people' on Earth. Although they falsely claim to be God's Chosen People, Ata declared they are, in fact, the 'Devil's Chosen People.' Earlier, on October 28, 2023, Ata asserted that the October 7 attack did not happen in a vacuum, insisting that Palestinians did not cross into Israel and start killing people unprovoked. He further claimed that Jews have forfeited their right to the land due to disbelief in the Prophet Muhammad
