He said they will be praying for permanent peace in J&K.On May 4, the first batch of 178 Hajj pilgrims from the Valley left from Srinagar airport for Saudi Arabia.At least 36,222 pilgrims from J&K will perform the Hajj pilgrimage this year.The Srinagar airport was shut down for six days due to skirmishes between India and Pakistan militaries after India, on May 7, launched “Operation Sindoor” to target and destroy terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack in which 25 tourists and a local resident were killed. The closure of Srinagar airport disrupted the schedule of Hajj flights from Jammu and Kashmir.Srinagar Airport was scheduled to operate 11 Hajj flights between May 4 to 15 to ferry Hajj pilgrims from J&K to Saudi Arabia.Qureshi said that of the total 11 Hajj flights, one flight left on May 4, and three scheduled flights on May 14 and 15 will fly as per schedule.“The schedule of seven missed Hajj flights will be issued separately,” said Qureshi.
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