Eid-ul-Adha is being celebrated all-over Pakistan, including Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan with great religious zeal, fervor and festivity. Eid congregations will be held all-over Pakistan.

Eid al-Adha or "Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid" is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Abrahim to sacrifice his son Ismail as an act of obedience to God, before God intervened to provide him with a ram to sacrifice instead.

It is celebrated annually on the 10th day of the 12th and the last Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah of the lunar Islamic calendar. The feast starts after the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia by Muslims worldwide, descend from Mount Arafat.

The date is approximately 70 days (2 Months & 10 days) after the end of the month of Ramadan, Ritual observance of the holiday lasts until sunset of the 13th day of Dhu al-Hijjah.

Meanwhile foolproof security measures have been adopted on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha. Policemen have been deputed outside the bazaars, shopping centres and sensitive public and private buildings.