ISLAMABAD: A holiday of five days for Eid ul Adha in the country has been permitted by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
According to a declaration from the Prime Minister’s Office, the premier approved Eid ul Adha holidays from July 8 to 12.
The Cabinet Division is predictable to now issue a notification in this regard.
Eid ul Adha to fall on July 10:
On June 29, the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee publicized that the Zil-Hajj moon not sighted in Pakistan, adding that Eid ul Adha in Pakistan detected on July 10 (Sunday).
Chairman Maulana Syed Abdul Khabir Azad had announced the decision subsequent a meeting of the committee, held in Karachi after Maghrib prayers to sight the crescent moon.
Addressing a press conference, Azad said no testimony of the moon sighted received from any part of the country.
The first day of Zil hajj would fall on July 1 (Friday), he had added.
“May God grant the blessings of the upcoming days to the entire Islamic world and this beloved country of mine,” he had said.