First Hajj flight under government scheme—as part of Road to Makkah project—left from capital Islamabad at 3:30am on Monday.
First flight to Madinah was left at 3:30am while same day the second flight departed from Islamabad at 8pm. It is expected that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will also come to the Islamabad Airport to see off the pilgrims on the second flight taking off from Islamabad International Airport.