Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) will celebrate Eid tomorrow (Sunday August 19, 2012) as Senior Minister Bashir Bilour announced it formally on behalf of the provincial government.
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.
The representatives of the zonal committee complained that the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee abruptly ended its meeting announcing the moon was not sighted anywhere in the country despite evidences from KP.
They said many witnesses had confirmed sighting of the Shawwal moon in various parts of the province.
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