Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Mufti Muneebur Rehman Thursday announced that Zil Haj moon has not been sighted in the country therefore Eidul Azha will be celebrated on October 6 (Monday).
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 at the Meteorological office in Karachi.
On September 24, Saudi Arabia announced that the Zil Haj moon had been sighted and Eidul Azha would be celebrated in the kingdom on Saturday, October 4. Accordingly, the Day of Arafat would fall on October 3.