Bureau Report
QUETTA: The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee on Friday could not sight the Muharram-ul-Haram moon, which will mark the beginning of the new Islamic year, 1444 AH.
This means that Youm-e-Ashura will be observed on August 9 and the first of Muharram will be Sunday. Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Moulana Syed Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad presided over the meeting, which took place at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Quetta.
According to a statement issued by the committee, the meeting for the sighting was presided over by committee chairman Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad.
While making the announcement, Maulana Azad said that meetings of zonal crescent sighting committees were held in all the provinces, but no evidence was received from any part of the country.
