Zil Hajj moon sighted in Pakistan, Eid ul Azha date announced

Zil Hajj moon sighted in Pakistan, Eid ul Azha date announced

LAHORE – Zil-Hajj moon has been sighted in Pakistan whereas Eid-ul -Adha will be celebrated on August 22.

Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee met in Karachi this evening to sight the Zil-Hajj moon. Chairman of the Committee Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman presided over the meeting.

Zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committees also held separate meetings to collect evidence of sighting of the moon.

Eid-ul-Adha commemorates Prophet Ibraheem’s willingness to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to Allah, before Allah replaced the son with a ram to be sacrificed instead.

Muslims celebrate Eid ul-Adha on the 10th of Zil-Hajj, the last month of Islamic calendar.