ISLAMABAD – A meeting of Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee would be held inKarachi on Tuesday (June 4) (29, Ramazan-ul-Mubarak,1440, Hijri) forsighting the crescent of Shawwal-ul-Mukarram 1440 AH, said an official ofthe Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony.
Talking to APP, he said Chairman Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee MuftiMunib-ur-Rehman will chair the meeting of Zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committee,Sindh at Pakistan Meteorological Department building, Main University Road,Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi.
The other members of the committee will attend Zonal and DistrictRuet-e-Hilal Committees at their respective places.
The meeting of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) committee would be held atthe Ministry of Religious Affairs, near the General Post Office (GPO)Islamabad.
The Chairman Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman will announce thedecision of crescent sighting or otherwise subsequently on the basis ofinformation received.
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The position of the crescent may be conveyed to Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman onhis cell no 0300-9285203; 0321-2022000; Syed Mushahid Hussain Khalid,Director General (R&R) Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony0300-6831822; Hafiz Abdul Qudoos, Deputy Director (Q) 0333-2697051 andPakistan Meteorological Department, Karachi 021-99261412;021-99261413. Thechairman will announce the decision of crescent sighting or otherwisesubsequently on the basis of information received.
According to the weather department, the crescent of Eid-ul-Fitr is mostlikely to be sighted in the evening of Tuesday, June 4, thus Eid would beobserved on Wednesday, June 5.
