Eid-Ul-Azha is going to be celebrated on Dec,9 throughout the country with religious fervour and respect.
This is one of the two most cherished and respected tradition of Muslims in a year . Eid-Ul-Azha is celebrated in the remembrance of Propher Ibrahim’s fulfilment of dream,i,e slaughtering his only son ‘Ismail‘ on the orders of Allah but instead Allah changed ‘Ismail’ with a sheep.
It is celebrated on the 10th of Zil-Hajj that is last month of Islamic calendar. On the 9th,Muslims gathered from all over the world in “Makkah”perform ‘Hajj’ which is one of the pillars of Islam bound once on every muslim having money and health to go to’ Makkah ‘.
Eid-Ul-Azha is celebrated here in Pakistan with deep respect and humbleness. Most people give ‘Qurbani’i,e slaughter sheep,goat or bull and meat is distributed in poor and also in family .
There are various meat dished cooked on this occasion to celebrate this noble occasion and family members are invited to participate in this happiness.
Most people celebrate Eid in their ancestral homes in villages this is the sole reason the capital just got empty in Eid days.