Faisal Masjid: Eid prayer at 7:30 a.m.

Islamabad: Faisal Masjid will host the biggest Eidul Azha congregation in the federal capital on Sept 13 (Tuesday).

Professor Tahir Hakeem of the Faculty of Shariah and Law at the International Islamic University, Islamabad, will deliver the Eid sermon at 7:30 a.m. before leading prayer amid tight security checks all over the place.

Ministers, parliamentarians, foreign dignitaries, bureaucrats, businessmen and people from other walks of life from across Islamabad, Rawalpindi and adjoining areas will show up in large numbers.

In all, there will be Eid congregations at around 600 small and big places, mostly mosques, in Islamabad’s rural and urban areas.

Mostly, Eid prayers will be offered at 7:30 a.m. However, the prayer timing has been fixed for 7:45 a.m. and 8am at some places of worship.