The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee on Sunday announced that the Zilhij moon had been sighted on Sunday. Hence, Eid-ul-Azha would fall on January 11. The Committee met here at Habib Bank Plaza under the chairmanship of Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman.

Haj on 9th: Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia said the climax of this year's Haj pilgrimage, in which more than 2 million Muslims will retrace the footsteps of Prophet Muhammed (Peace Be Upon Him), would be on January 9.

The most important day of the pilgrimage will see worshippers climb Mount Arafat.

The four-day Eid-ul-Azha holiday will start on January 10, one of the country's religious bodies said in a statement on the Saudi Press Agency on Sunday.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2006

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