Clerics booked for declaring early Eid
There is a tradition of celebrating three Eids across the province of K-P
Nasruminllah
May 13, 2021
A large number of people offer Eid prayers as the occasion is observed a day earlier in North Waziristan. PHOTO: EXPRESS
MIRANSHAH:
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police have registered two First Information Reports (FIRs) under the Ramazan Ordinance 1981 against two local clerics of North Waziristan and eight others who announced the moon had been sighted and subsequently celebrated Eid on Wednesday.
The first FIR was registered in Mir Ali against a local cleric Mufti Rafiullah of the Haider Khel clan. Similarly, a second FIR was registered against a prayer leader Qari Roman of Miranshah. Along with these two clerics, eight others were also booked who had asked people to accompany them to sight the moon.