Khursheed Shah blamed Saudi authorities

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-7441 carrying more than 400 hajj pilgrims (Hujaj), including Federal Ministers and parliamentarians, reached Karachi from Saudi Arab after eight hours delay here on Monday.
The flight which was scheduled to reach at 8:00pm on Sunday landed at the Karachi Airport at 4:00am on Monday.
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, Deputy Speaker National Assembly Faisal Kareem Kundi, Qamar Zaman Qaira, MQM leader, Farhat Abbas, Asif Hasnain, Environment and Women Development Samina Khalid Ghurki, Zamurd Khan, Mashooq Bareejo, Asfandzada Iftikhar, Mian Abdul Sattar, Ghulam Mustafa Shah, Amir Khan Magsi, Anjum Aqeel, Raza Hayat Hiraj, Shama Mithani and other parliamentarians were among the passengers of the flight which reached Karachi after a delay of eight hours.
Talking to media persons at the Karachi Airport, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah blamed Saudi authorities for 80 percent delay in PIA Hajj flights.
He said that Religious Affairs ministry made excellent arrangements for pilgrims during Hajj.
He said that PIA was not responsible for the delays pilgrims suffered, in fact it were problems beyond PIA’s control that led to the delay.
The minister said there were some other problems including excess luggage issue, which was purely a pilgrims-created problem as they were categorically instructed to bring aboard baggage not more than 80 kgs, which they did not bother to follow to their own inconvenience.
Putting on his political tone he said, in the holy land, they prayed for the resolution of local government issue in Sindh.
He refused to acknowledge that the arrangements were not appropriate for the pilgrims and added that they were provided with the best possible facilities and the government couldn’t have done better than that.