Pakistan, March 31 -- On Sunday, reports emerged that parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa celebrated Eidul Fitr - days ahead of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee's expected moon-sighting announcement. Once again, it wasn't politics or policy, but the moon that split the nation.

At the centre of it all is Peshawar's Masjid Qasim Ali Khan, where Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai and his committee routinely announce moon sightings ahead of the central authority.

But this year hit differently. With the Awami National Party lending its official support to the early Eid, the episode took on an even more political tone. Add to that the Bohra community's separate observance, and you're reminded just how fragmented our idea of collective celebration really is...