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Eid-ul-Azha: Moon sighting committee to meet Friday

National Moon Sighting Committee meeting will be held on Friday to fix the date of holy Eid-ul-Azha and review reports of moon sighting of holy month of Jilhajj, 1440 Hijri, reports BSS.

The meeting will be held at the Islamic Foundation’s Baitul Mukarram office at 7:15 pm with state minister of religious affairs and moon sighting committee chairman Sheikh Md Abdullah in the chair, said a press release.

People are requested to report to the committee on sighting of the moon from any place of the country. They can send fax or call the committee. The telephone numbers are: 9559493, 9559643, 9555947, 9556407 and 9558337. The fax numbers are: 9563397 and 9555951.