ISLAMABAD: The nation is celebrating Eid-ul-Azha with religious zeal and religious fervour today (Wednesday) across the country. The Muslims will throng to mosques and Eidgahs to offer Eid prayers countrywide. The biggest Eid congregation in the federal capital will be held at Shah Faisal Mosque. Special prayers will be offered for strengthening national solidarity, prosperity, integrity and sovereignty of Pakistan and the liberation of all occupied Muslim territories, including held Jammu and Kashmir.
Scholars from different schools of thought will deliver special sermons to highlight the significance of the day and the purpose of the sacrifice rendered by Prophet Hazrat Ibrahim (AS) centuries ago.
The state-run and the private channels have chalked out special programmes for the auspicious occasion.
After Eid prayers, camels, cows, goats and sheep will be sacrificed to revive the Sunnah of the Prophet Hazrat Ibrahim (AS).
A large number of people migrated to their hometowns to mark the Eidul Azha. Scores of congregational prayers will be held early in the morning followed by slaughter of sacrificial animals for the next three days till Friday before sunset.
In Karachi, the biggest congregation will be held at Nishter Park. Besides, a number of Eid prayer’s congregation will be held across metropolis wherein religious scholars will deliver special sermons in accordance with the day.
In Lahore, the mass congregation will be held at the historic Badshahi Mosque where more than one lakh people will offer Eid prayers.
Other congregation will be held at Data Darbar, Jamia Naeemia, Mansoora and open places. Special prayers will be offered for national integrity and solidarity and for the liberation of occupied Muslim territories including Indian-occupied Kashmir.
Meanwhile, the sale of sacrificial animals could not pick momentum this year because of price hike as most people stayed away from buying animals.
The city district governments of the major cities finalised arrangements for cleanliness during the Eid days as majority of the people throw offal of the sacrificial animals on roads and streets.
However, special instructions given to the staff of Solid Waste Management (SWM) to continue patrolling on the city roads to lift the waste and to keep the city clean.
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