International Desk

Pakistan is celebrating the holy Eid-ul-Fitr today (Wednesday). The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee on Tuesday announced that the whole nation will unanimously celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Wednesday following the receipt of moon-sighting testimonies from various parts of the country.

The decision came despite initial reports of no Shawwal moon sightings by several zonal committees. The committees in Karachi and Lahore announced at around 7:30pm on Tuesday that there was no evidence of moon sightings in their regions.

With the announcement, Pakistan has joined several countries across the world in celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr on Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Turkiye, Indonesia and Australia are some of the countries that are celebrating Eid today. However, the moon was not sighted in India and Bangladesh, which will observe the festival on Thursday.

The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee convened at the Federal Secretariat’s Kohsar Block in Islamabad, with Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad presiding over the meeting.

The gathering saw participation from committee members, primarily clerics representing major Islamic schools of thought — Shia, Barelvi, Deobandi and Ahle Hadis — alongside officials and technical experts from the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Suparco, and the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Maulana Azad, addressing the media after the meeting, shared that credible evidence of the moon being sighted in major parts of the country, including the erstwhile Fata and the Gilgit-Baltistan, led to the collective decision to mark Eid-ul-Fitr the following day.

“Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated tomorrow,” he announced and prayed for the welfare of the country and the whole ummah.

Source : DAWN