ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Saradar Yousaf has announced that all religious sects in the federal capital will pray at the same time from May 1.
The formal decision to adopt unified prayer timings was made on Wednesday, at a high level meeting chaired by Sardar Yousuf.
The committee which made the decision included two clerics from each of the four major sects in the capital- Shia, Barelvi, Deobandi and Ahle Hadith.
The major difference in the prayer timings was at Maghrib and the issue was resolved amicably between the committee members.
The minister announced that all mosques in Islamabad will call out the Azaan simultaneously, with the same time for Jumma prayers.
Now all sects also agreed to call our the Azaan at the same time.
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