ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s moon-sighting body, the Ruet-e-Hilal committee, willmeet on March 22 in Peshawar to look for the Ramadan crescent.
Ruet-e-Hilal committee chief Maulana Syed Abdul Khabir Azad will lead themeeting of the central committee, which will also be attended by the otherofficials.
In a notification issued from Ministry of Religious Affairs, it said “Themeeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee for sighting the crescent ofRamadan-ul-Mubarik 1444 AH will be held In-Shaa-Allah in the evening ofWednesday, the 22nd March.
It further mentioned that meetings of the zonal or district committees willbe held at the same time at their respective headquarters.
Earlier, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicted the possibledate of starting the holy month of Ramadan 2023. PMD said that thepossibility of sighting the new moon of Ramadan on March 22 (Wednesday).
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The weather forecast institution made the announcement as Muslims in theSouth Asian country are waiting eagerly for the start of the holy month.
PMD said the new moon of the ninth Islamic month is expected to be born onthe crossing conjunction point at 22-23 PST on 21-03-2023, and the firstRamadan will be on March 23, Thursday. Met Department also predicted partlyclear weather in most parts of the country on the evening of March 22.
