Pakistan, May 17 -- Pakistan's Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee is meeting today in Karachi to determine the beginning of the Islamic month of Zilhaj and officially announce the expected date of Eidul Azha. The important session is taking place on 29 Ziqadah as authorities review moon-sighting reports collected from different regions across the country. Moreover, the outcome of the meeting will decide when millions of Muslims in Pakistan observe one of the year's biggest religious occasions.

The meeting is being held at the Pakistan Meteorological Department office under the chairmanship of Maulana Syed Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad, who leads the country's central moon-sighting process. Officials from religious and meteorological departments...