After reading Fawad Chaudhry tweets that Eidul Azha will be on
August 12, the Central Reut-i-Hilal Committee chairman has announced that the
Zilhaj moon has been sighted in Pakistan. Meanwhile, Fawad Chaudhry’s App has
predicted that August 14 will be on August 14, a day after August 13.
"(As Fawad Chaudhry has confirmed) Eidul Azha will be
celebrated in Pakistan on Aug 12," he said while reading Fawad Chaudhry’s
tweet on his mobile phone. The chairman made the announcement in Karachi before
reporters after reading the tweet three times and receiving testimonies that
the tweet was genuine.
The chairman said that the committee had received 72 testimonies
from across the country that Fawad Chaudhry had sighted the moon and they had
read his tweet with a large telescope.
The government on Wednesday has declared August 12, 13, 14 and 15
as holidays on account of Eidul Azha. This was announced after Fawad Chaudhry’s
App said that August 14, the independence day will be right on August 14, not a
day before as Popalzai had said.
According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Interior,
Saturday, August 17, however, will be a working day.
In June, Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry had
already announced that this year, Eidul Azha will fall on Monday, Aug 12.
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