The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday announced that Eid-ul-Fitr would be celebrated in the province Tuesday after it took into account 'testimonies' of moon sighting from all over KP, according to KP Information Minister Shaukat Yousufzai.
The KP government spokesperson said the decision to celebrate Eid was taken by Chief Minister Mahmood Khan. The chief minister and governor will offer Eid prayers at the Governor's House. The minister said the government also received a number of testimonies for the Shawwal moon sighting from the erstwhile Federal Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA). "We will celebrate Eid tomorrow for the provincial haromony," he said. The announcement came hours after Masjid Qasim Ali Khan announced that Eid would be celebrated on Tuesday (today).