LAHORE - Most of the top public functionaries and politicians will offer Eid prayer and celebrate the auspicious day at their respective native towns.
In view of recent floods and terror incidents of which the recent one is in Quetta, the ministers and parliamentarians have announced to observe Eid with simplicity.
After coming to power it is first eid of PML-N leadership and party workers. Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will spend the day of Eid with his family members at his Raiwind estate while Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is in London for the purpose of medical check. He is expected to return and celebrate Eid with flood victims.
President Asif Ali Zardari will celebrate Eid at Presidency in Islamabad and his son, PPP chief Bilawal Ali Bhutto, in Dubai.
President-designate Mamnoon Hussain and Opposition Leader in National Assembly Khursheed Shah will celebrate Eid in Karachi.
Former President Pervez Musharraf will observe Eid at his Chack Shahzad farm which has been declared sub-jail after he was taken into custody by the investigation agencies.
Federal Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif will celebrate Eid in Sialkot, State Minister Abid Sher and Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah in Faisalabad, Federal Ministers Ch Birjees Tahir at Sangla Hill, and Rana Tanvir Ahmad in Sheikhupura.
Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar and Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique will celebrate Eid in Lahore.
PTI chief Imran Khan will spend Eid days in Islamabad with his children. Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan will observe Eid in Phoolnagar area, former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in Gujjar Khan, former prime minster Yousuf Raza Gilani, former Foreign Minister and PTI leader Makhoon Shah Mahmood Quershi, PTI leader Makhdoom Javed Hashmi and Minister for Prisons Ch Abdul Ghafoor in Multan, former Punjab Governor Makhdoom Ahmad Mahmood with his family in London.
Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Sardar Sher Ali Gorchani will spend Eid days with flood victims of Jampur. PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain will celebrate Eid in Gujrat while former deputy prime minister Pevez Elahi is in London for medical treatment.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will celebrate Eid in Islamabad, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, President Awami Muslim League Sheikh Rasheed, Raja Zafarul Haq, PML-Z President Ijazul Haq in Rawalpindi, and PML-F head Pir Pagara Sharif in Pir Jo Goth, Khairpur, Jamaat-e-e-Islami chief Munawar Hassan in Mansoora area of Lahore, Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed in Lahore, Senator Prof Sajid Mir in Sialkot, JUI-F head Maulana Fazlur Rehman in Dera Ismail Khan, Maulana Samiul Haq in Akora Khattak, Allama Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer of Jamialt Ahle Hadith in Lahore, religious scholar Maulana Tariq Jameel in Talumba, Khanewal; Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa in Dera Ghazi Khan and former premier Muhammad Khan Jamali in Rojhan and Manzoor Ahmad Watttoo in Wasawewala. MQM chief Altaf Husain will celebrate Eid in London, Sindh Chief Minister and Governor Dr Abadul Haq in Karachi, Makhdoom Amin Faheem in Hala, Haiderabad; former NA speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza in Hyderabad, PML-N Senator Iqbal Zafar Jhagra in Peshawar and Tehmina Dualtana in Vehari. Former Pakistan Cricket Team skipper Waseem Akram will celebrate Eid with his fiance in Karachi.