Govt announces early salary, pension distribution ahead of Eidul Adha 2025

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has announced that all salaries and pensions for provincial government employees will be distributed by May 30 ahead of the probable Eid-ul-Adha holidays.

The information came from an official notification by the Finance Department, which said that all provincial departments and organizations have been directed to submit the payments before the end of the last working month.

The department explained that May 31 is a Sunday and not a working day, and therefore needed to make arrangements for payments in advance.

The announcement came as Eid-ul-Adha is likely nearing the time of the official announcement on the date of Eid-ul-Adha, which will depend on the sighting of the Zul-Hijjah moon.

The Ministry of Religious Affairs has called a meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee on May 27 in Islamabad. The meeting will be chaired by Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad, the committee chairman, and will decide the beginning of Zul-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic lunar calendar.

The zonal Ruet-e-Hilal committees will also meet that same day at their respective provincial headquarters to help gather and submit testimonies of the sighting of the crescent moon.

“The sighting of the moon is, if it is seen on May 27, then Eid-ul-Adha will be celebrated on June 6. If the moon crescent is not sighted, then Eid–ul–Adha will be celebrated on June 7,” said a spokesperson of the Ministry.

Similarly, a scientist has predicted that the moon will be seen on May 28, which could mean Eid could be celebrated on June 7 for most of the country.