Islamabad, April 27 -- Only 23,620 private Pakistani Hajj pilgrims will be able to perform this year's pilgrimage, leaving over 67,000 others unable to participate, with only a day remaining before the first flight departs, ARY News reported.

The first flight from Islamabad to Saudi Arabia is set to take off on April 29, marking the start of Pakistan's Hajj 2025 operations.

Out of the 90,830 pilgrims who were initially set to travel under the private scheme, only 23,620 will be able to perform Hajj. This means that only 26 per cent of private pilgrims will be granted the opportunity, leaving three out of every four Pakistani pilgrims unable to participate, ARY News reported on Sunday.

According to reports, despite the Prime Minister's ...