KARACHI: The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee said on Friday that Muslims in Pakistan will celebrate Eid ul Adha on June 17 following the sighting of the Zil Hajj moon.
Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad, the chairman of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, presided over the moon sighting committee, which was also attended by members of the central and zonal committees, as well as representatives from the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the Met Office, and SUPARCO.
In the meantime, subcommittees met in their different cities, including Lahore, Peshawar, and others, to collect testimony.
The zonal committees for Quetta and Peshawar had already declared that the crescent had been sighted in their respective towns.
The tenth day of the Hajj pilgrimage, known as Zil Hajj, is Eid ul Adha. Muslims in Pakistan are scheduled to commemorate the occasion on June 17, as the moon rises.Yesterday, June 6, was the start of the lunar month, which is the last month in the Muslim calendar, in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations.
