Country celebrates Eid-ul-Azha

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Country celebrates Eid-ul-Azha

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Eid prayers will be offered at Eid gahs principal Mosques and open places across the country.

26 October,2012 07:24 pm

Eid-ul-Azha is being celebrated on Saturday in commemoration of the supreme sacrifice offered by Hazrat Ibrahim and his son Hazrat Ismail in the fulfillment of the divine order.Special prayers will be offered for the prosperity of the country and unity among the Muslim Ummah.It will be followed by offering sacrifices of animals by the faithful in accordance with the Sunnah Ibrahimi.The main Eid congregation in the federal capital will be held at the Faisal Mosque.In Lahore‚ the main Eid congregation will be held at Badshahi mosque.In Karachi‚ the main Eid congregation will be held at Gulshan-e-Jinnah while other large congregations would be held at Nishtar Park‚ National Stadium and Eidgah Nazimabad.In Peshawar‚ main Eid prayers will be held at Eid Gha Charsadda Road Peshawar.In Quetta‚ main Eid prayers will be held at Eidgah Toghi Road and Alamdar Road.Eid-ul-Azha will also be celebrated in Gilgit Baltistan.In Azad Jammu and Kashmir‚ main Eid congregation will be held at Central Eidgah in Muzaffarabad.People in the most parts of FATA including Mohmand‚ North Waziristan and Bajaur Agencies celebrated Eid-ul-Azha with Saudi Arabia.