Pakistan wishes you Eid Mubarak

Agencies Published October 27, 2012
Pakistani Rangers wing commander Adnan (R) presents a box of sweets to Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Baby Joseph (L), during the Muslim festival Eidul Azha at the India-Pakistan Wagah Border on October 27, 2012.
Pakistani Rangers wing commander Adnan (R) presents a box of sweets to Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Baby Joseph (L), during the Muslim festival Eidul Azha at the India-Pakistan Wagah Border on October 27, 2012.
A Pakistani man sleeps on a bed in a street median, with his goat tied on the bed next to him, as livestock merchants, seen left, gather around a fire to warm themselves from the morning cold, on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eidul Azha, or ?Feast of Sacrifice?, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012.
A Pakistani man sleeps on a bed in a street median, with his goat tied on the bed next to him, as livestock merchants, seen left, gather around a fire to warm themselves from the morning cold, on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eidul Azha, or ?Feast of Sacrifice?, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012.
Afghan refugee girl Parveen Bashir, 6, plays with her sister Shaheen, 1, dressed in new clothes, while celebrating the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eidul Azha, or ?Feast of Sacrifice?, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012.
Afghan refugee girl Parveen Bashir, 6, plays with her sister Shaheen, 1, dressed in new clothes, while celebrating the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eidul Azha, or ?Feast of Sacrifice?, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012.
Pakistani children watch a group of men slaughtering a cow on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eidul Azha, or ?Feast of Sacrifice?, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012.
Pakistani children watch a group of men slaughtering a cow on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eidul Azha, or ?Feast of Sacrifice?, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012.
A Pakistani woman says prayers at Badshahi Mosque on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eidul Azha, or ?Feast of Sacrifice?, in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012.
A Pakistani woman says prayers at Badshahi Mosque on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eidul Azha, or ?Feast of Sacrifice?, in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012.
A Pakistani boy embraces a relative following Eidul Azha prayers in a Mosque in Peshwar, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012.
A Pakistani boy embraces a relative following Eidul Azha prayers in a Mosque in Peshwar, Pakistan, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012.
Pakistani Muslims slaughter a goat on the first day of the Muslim festival of Eidul Azha in Rawalpindi on October 27, 2012.
Pakistani Muslims slaughter a goat on the first day of the Muslim festival of Eidul Azha in Rawalpindi on October 27, 2012.
Pakistani Muslims lay a wreath of artificial flowers on the grave of a relative on the first day of the Muslim festival of Eidul Azha in Rawalpindi on October 27, 2012.
Pakistani Muslims lay a wreath of artificial flowers on the grave of a relative on the first day of the Muslim festival of Eidul Azha in Rawalpindi on October 27, 2012.

Eidul Azha, or the “Feast of Sacrifice”, honours Hazrat Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son Hazrat Ismail on the order of God, who according to tradition then provided a lamb in the boy's place. - Text and photos by Agencies.

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