Categories: Pakistan

Muharram moon sighted, Ashura on Oct 1

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: The month of Muharram will begin from September 22 in Pakistan as Ruet-e-Hilal Committee announced that they sighted the moon on Thursday evening.

In media talk after moon sighting ceremony, Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Mufti Munibur Rehman said that the committee members also witnessed the moon. New Islamic calendar – AH 1439 – will officially commence from Friday.

The days of Ashura (9th and 10th Muharram) will be from October 1 to October 2.

Sessions were held by regional committees in Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar, while the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee met on rooftop of Islamabad s Met Office.

It was told that the committees sighted moon on numerous locations. Meteorological department had earlier forecasted that the moon will be sighted on Thursday due to clear sky.

The Frontier Post

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