Eidul Azha special trains schedule released

KARACHI: Pakistan Railways on Wednesday announced to run three special trains on Eid-ul-Adha, ARY News reported.

According to the details, Railways will run two special trains from Karachi and one from Quetta.

As per the schedule, the first Eid special train will depart from Karachi to Peshawar on June 14 at 6:30 pm and all the coaches in this train are economy class.

The second special train will depart from Karachi to Lahore at 9:30 pm on June 15. This train will have 2 business, 2 standard class and other all economy class coaches.

The Pakistan Meteorological Department predicted that Eidul Azha will likely fall in Pakistan on June 17 (Monday).

According to the Climate Data Processing Centre, Zilhajj moon is most likely to be sighted on June 7 (Friday) and Eidul Azha will be celebrated on June 17 (Monday).

According to the processing centre, the moon will rise at 5:38 PM on June 6, while the sunset is likely to be at 7:20 PM.

The moon is likely to be visible for 72 minutes after sunset.

Eidul Adha, also known as the Feast of Sacrifice, is one of two Eid festivals celebrated by the Muslim faithful to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son to God.