The Shawwal moon has not been spotted across the country, Chairman Ruet-e-Hilal Committee

Addressing a press conference, Mufti Rehman said that no credible testimonies of sighting the moon were received from the provincial capitals, including Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and Quetta.

The various zonal Ruet-e-Hilal committees had convened a meeting to sight the moon in major cities of the country while the Central Ruet-e-Hilal committee meeting was held in Karachi.

The official announcement of the sighting of the Shawwal moon was made after consulting all the committees.

Eid in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa today : Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai, chief cleric of the Qasim Ali Khan Mosque in Peshawar, announced on Saturday that Eid-ul-Fitr in the city will be celebrated on August 19, Sunday.

He said that testimonies were received from 23 men and one woman from across the province.

K-P senior minister Bashir Bilour, on behalf of the provincial government, announced that Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on August 19 across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Areas of North Waziristan, including Bajaur, Mardan and Banu will also celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on August 19.

Senior Minister Bashir Bilour also announced it formally that eid clebrate in KP today : Bilour regretted that once again the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee did not consider the witnesses’ reports confirming the moon sighting coming from every part of the province.

He said 23 evidences of Shawwal moon from across the province, including including Dera Islmail Khan, Bannu and Bajaur, were received.

Earlier, Peshawar’s Zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committee demanded the Provincial Minister for Religious Affairs to announce celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr on Sunday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.