Eid Al-Adha to be celebrated on August 1 in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The first day of Eid Al-Adha will be celebrated across Pakistan on August 1, Saturday, the country’s moon sighting committee announced on Tuesday, saying the Dhul Hijjah moon had not been sighted and 1st Dhul Hijjah, 1441AH, would commence from July 23.
In June, Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry had said Eid would be on July 31.
Muslims in Pakistan usually crowd mosques and prayer grounds across the country to offer prayers and sacrifice goats and cows for the Eid Al-Adha holiday, marking the second major religious festival of Islam. 
But this year, the holiday will be bittersweet and marred by the coronavirus pandemic. Already, Pakistan announced earlier this month it was banning open-air livestock markets in cities for the upcoming Eid to contain the spread of the disease. People have only been allowed to buy and sell sacrificial animals at 700 designated markets, which have been set up on the outskirts of cities across the country.