Moon-sighting controversy: Three Eids in Pakistan

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Moon-sighting controversy: Three Eids in Pakistan

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One was celebrated in parts of FATA on Saturday, Eid in KP today and rest of the country on Monday.

19 August,2012 05:24 am

Like in the past, moon sighting controversy between Tribal Areas, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committee and Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee continues and three Eids are being celebrated in the country.Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated in parts of Tribal Areas on Saturday while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government announced to celebrate Eid today (Sunday) after KP Zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committee received 24 evidences of moon sighting.Meanwhile, Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee which met under Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman in Karachi announced that Shawwal moon was not sighted anywhere in the country and Eid will be celebrated on Monday.Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committee rejected the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee’s claims and said they would celebrate Eid today (Sunday) after receiving 24 evidences of the Shawwal moon’s sighting across the province.KP Senior Minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour said the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee did not accept the evidence forwarded by the Zonal Committee.Following the Zonal Committee’s announcement, the KP government made an official announcement that Eid would be celebrated across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa today (Sunday). The Peshawar Zonal Committee said it wanted to inform the Central Committee of receiving evidence of the moon’s sighting but the committee adjourned its moon sighting session much earlier.