 | Eid being celebrated in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas after moon sighting
18 August 2012
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Miranshah: Pakistan’s tribal areas North Waziristan, a restive mountainous area, and Shabqadar are celebrating Eid today after spotting Eid moon Friday night.
However, Eid moon was not sighted in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries including United Arab Emirates, Qatar and others.
Throughout the world, modern meteorological instruments were used to spot Eid moon still there was no sight of the crescent. Surprisingly moon was spotted in Tribal areas making area people to observe Eid today.
The local Islamic scholars at the main mosque of Miranshah collected six evidences of moon sighting with six witnesses claimed seeing the moon.
According to local sources, people started aerial firing after they claimed to have sighted the Shawal crescent.
The sighting of Shawwal moon means the fasting month of Ramazan has finally culminated into Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims. | | See Also in Political News
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