
A guard asks journalists not to take pictures of the Pakistan International Airlines plane at the Lahore airport.

PIA Flight PK 270 moves along the tarmac at the Delhi airport

The hope and joy on the faces of the passengers embarking the flight from Pakistan was evident. To many it was an emotional moment when they landed in Delhi.
A number of expatriate Pakistanis and Indians were among those who arrived. A battery of reporters surrounded them and the passengers too seemed to enjoy the attention.
There were passengers like Yusuf Iftekhar (3-L), who came with his daughter Ayesha and granddaughter Sidra. He was taking his daughter to her in-laws' home in Bhopal.
There were some who had homes in Jammu and Kashmir. Some others had come to meet their near ones.
Most passengers were extremely hopeful of better Indo-Pak relations.

Fatima arrives with her husband and sons Mohammed Ileyas (L) and Mohammed Shahid.