Ramadan Moon not sighted, First Ramadan on 11th July in Pakistan
The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee (CRHC) has announced that Ramadan moon has been not sighted anywhere and now first fast will be kept on Thursday, July 1 in the Pakistan.
The above announcement was made by Chairman Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, Mufti Munib ur Rehman after a meeting of the government body held here at Met Complex for moon sighting of the holy month of Ramazan here on Tuesday.
Mufti Munib ur Rehman said not a single witness of the Ramazan moon approached the committee from any part of the country including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committees’ meetings were also held at their respective headquarters for sighting the Ramadan moon.
Apart from the Ruet-e-Hilal committees, 48 centers of Meteorological Department also tried to spot Ramadan moon across the country.
After hours’ long meetings of all zonal and central Ruet-e-Hilal committees and considering reports of Meteorological Department, Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman announced of not sighting Ramadan moon anywhere in the country.
Mufti Munib announced that Ramdan moon has not been spotted anywhere, so first fast of the holy month will be kept on Thursday, July 11.
At the other hand, a well-known non-official Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, led by Mufti Popalzai of Peshawar’s Mosque Qasim Ali Khan held its separate meeting simultaneously to sight Ramadan moon.
Interestingly, this is first time during last many years that Mufti Popalzai has also agreed upon Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee’s announcement, after collecting own evidences, that Ramadan moon has not been seen anywhere and first fast will be kept on Thursday.
During last few years, Mufti Popalzai had made it a routine of announcing his decision on moon sighting, contrary to Mufti Munib’s official body, leading to the celebration of two separate Eids in Pakistan.
