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- Special trains will run between June 2 and 4
- Eid Al-Adha expected to fall on Saturday, June 7
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways will run five special trains on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha to facilitate passengers wanting to travel to their native cities and villages to celebrate the religious festival with their loved ones, state media reported on Monday.
Pakistan Railways runs special trains on each of the two major Eid festivals, Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha, for ease of holiday travelers.
“Pakistan Railways will operate five Eid Special Trains from various cities to facilitate passengers during Eid-ul-Adha,” Radio Pakistan said.
The first special train will depart from Karachi Cantt Railway Station in the southern Sindh province for Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab, at 1pm on June 2 while a second train from Quetta, the provincial capital of the southwestern Balochistan province, will leave for Peshawar in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province at 10am on June 3.
On the same day, a third train will depart from Lahore for Karachi at 5pm while a fourth carriage will leave Karachi Cantt for Rawalpindi at 730pm. The fifth and final Eid special train will depart from Karachi Cantt for Lahore at 730pm on June 4.
Eid is expected to fall on Saturday, June 7, this year.
Commemorating the willingness of Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son on God’s command, Muslims mark the holiday by slaughtering animals such as sheep, cows and goats. The meat is shared among family and friends and also donated to the poor.