ISLAMABAD: Ramazan-ul-mubarak moon is expected to be sighted in Pakistan on March 22 as the country’s Meteorological Department has forecasted that the first day of the holy month of Ramazan in Pakistan will be March 23.
The Ministry of Religious Affairs has called a meeting of the moon sighting committee to sight the moon of the holy month in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s capital Peshawar to ensure the inception of Ramazan on the same day.
Ramazan moon expected to be sighted on March 22
According to the weather department forecast, the moon is expected to be sighted on March 22 (the 29th day of Sha’aban).
Aftab Akbar Durrani, the ministry secretary, said it was expected that a unanimous decision at the beginning of the holy month would be taken all over the country.
Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee chairman Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad said meetings of zonal committees also would be held the same day.
