Pakistan has formally introduced that the crescent moon marking the start of Muharram 1448 AH was not sighted anyplace within the nation, making June 17 (Wednesday) the primary day of the Islamic month.
The choice was introduced after a gathering of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee in Lahore, the place moon sighting reviews from throughout the nation have been reviewed.
The session was chaired by Maulana Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad and attended by committee members, spiritual students, and officers from varied authorities establishments. Representatives of the Ministry of Spiritual Affairs, the Ministry of Science and Know-how, and SUPARCO additionally participated within the verification course of.
Through the assembly, reviews submitted by zonal Ruet-e-Hilal committees from all provinces have been examined intimately. Authorities confirmed that no dependable or verified testimony concerning the sighting of the Muharram crescent was obtained from any a part of Pakistan.
Concurrently, zonal committees held separate conferences of their respective areas and coordinated with native observers to evaluate visibility circumstances. Nevertheless, not one of the committees reported a confirmed moon sighting.
Primarily based on the unanimous findings, the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee declared that 1st Muharram 1448 AH will start on June 17, whereas Youm-e-Ashura, noticed on the tenth of Muharram, will fall on June 26 (Friday).
