Eid-ul Azha News

31 people, mostly labourers, killed in road mishap in Pakistan's Punjab Province The bus was en route from Sialkot to Rajanpur Total 75 passengers were on board the bus

Over 4,000 people went to private and government hospitals due to ailments linked to overeating on Eid-ul Azha in Karachi, the capital of Pakistan's southern Sindh province.

The BSE, the NSE, forex, money and bullion markets will remain closed on Tuesday on account of Eid-ul Azha or Bakr-Eid.

Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif said that the people of Kashmir are facing Indian atrocities and are making sacrifices to achieve their right of self-determination.

Section 144 of CrPC (unlawful assembly) in selected and sensitive areas in the Kashmir Valley would be imposed to keep gathering of crowds under check.

In an apparent reference to the beef controversy, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed on Friday said attempts were made to vitiate the atmosphere in the state and "erect walls of hate" between Kashmir and Jammu regions which the people of the state had thwarted.

The Line of Control (LoC) and International Border, which have been witnessing exchange of gunfire for the last several months, on Friday saw the troops of the two countries exchanging sweets and pleasantries, thanks to the festival of Eid-ul Azha.

Ahead of Eid-ul Azha, an affiliate body of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud- Dawa has challenged a ban imposed on it by Pakistan's Punjab government on collection of sacrificial animals' hides.