LAHORE - Saudia Arabia has announced the Shawwal moon has not been
sighted, and Eid-ul-Fitr would be eminent on Sunday, country's media reported
on Friday. The moon-sighting commission that met today announced that Saturday,
May 23, would be the last day of Ramadan, while Sunday, May 24, would be the
first day of Eid — Shawwal 1, 1441, Jeddah-based Okaz paper reported.
LAHORE - Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Mazari tested positive for corona-virus as total cases surged to 29,465 in Pakistan. Mazari said that he took test from a private laboratory and it came back negative but the result of public lab showed him corona-virus positive. "Apparently I had developed no symptoms," he said, adding that he will take another test after few days. Mazari has self-isolated himself. The number of corona-virus cases in Pakistan rose to a total of 29,465 on Sunday, according to government data. The death toll related to COVID-19 has reached 639, according to the National Command and Control Center, while at least 8,023 patients have fully recovered. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reported highest number of deaths, a total of 234, while Punjab and Sindh follow with 192 and 180 fatalities respectively. Balochistan has so far recorded 24 deaths; Islamabad, 4' and Gilgit Baltistan, 3. The first two fatalities from COVID-19, as the illn...

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