ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Meteorological Department has shared a predictionahead of meeting of the central and zonal Ruet-e-Hilal committees which areconvened to sight the Shawwal moonlink.
The met office predicted that Eid ul Fitr is likely to fall on April 22(Saturday) in Pakistan as there are no chances of sighting the crescentfrom anywhere in the country today. PMD prediction is based on theoccurrence of a solar eclipse that is set to take place today.
It was reported that the Shawwal crescent would not be visible in regionswhere the solar eclipse occurs on April 20.
Meanwhile, the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee is scheduled to convene todayto sight the moon of Shawwal. The central committee and its zonalsubsidiaries will hold the meeting in different cities in Pakistan.
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Later on, Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Maulana Abdul Kabir Azadwill hold a press conference to announce whether the moon has been sightedor not.
Earlier, Saudi Arabia declared Eid al Fitr would fall on Saturday, 22 April- a day later than expected.
