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RIYADH: Eidul Fitr will be celebrated in most Gulf states and Yemen on Wednesday as the moon was not sighted on Monday night, religious authorities there announced.
The official news agencies of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Yemen all quoted religious authorities as saying that since they had not received any eyewitness account of moon sighting on Monday, Eid will be celebrated on Wednesday.
In Pakistan, although most experts are confident that the moon will be sighted on Tuesday, there is hardly any precedent of Eid being celebrated the same day as in the Middle East.
Published in Dawn, July 5th, 2016
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Jul 05, 2016 07:28am
I hope religious leaders don't make a big deal this time.
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Jul 05, 2016 08:03am
Eid Mubarak to all Muslim around the world.
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Jul 05, 2016 09:28am
why not pakistan can not celebrate eid with other muslim world? although the moon appear one day old in thursday
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Jul 05, 2016 10:35am
Make Baluchistan Zonal committee sit in Gawadar instead of Quetta and scientifically more chances their to sight moon
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Jul 05, 2016 02:37pm
I think popalzi is in S Arabia
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