Eid on 17th

Published November 8, 2010

ISLAMABAD, Nov 7 The Zilhaj moon has been sighted and Eidul Azha will be celebrated across the country on Nov 17, Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee's chairman Mufti Munibur Rehman announced here on Sunday.

He said the first of Zilhaj would be on Monday.

The meeting of the central committee was held at the religious affairs ministry and information about the crescent was conveyed to the chairman by the zonal committees across the country. —APP

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