The Central Ruet-e-Hilal committee announced on Saturday the sighting of the Muharram-ul-Harram moon, and the first of Muharram will fall on Sunday.
The Central Ruet-e-Hilal committee, headed by Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman, met here at Radio Pakistan building on Saturday evening to sight the moon for the new Islamic year 1425 (AH).
According to the committee, the moon was also sighted in Peshawer, Parachinar, Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur, Karachi and other parts of the country.
Other members of the committee present on the occasion were Mufti Mohammad Arif Saeedi; Qari Abdul Rashid, Shabbir Ahmed Kakakhail, Riaz Hussein Najfi, Maqsood Ahmed Qadri and M M Qureshi.
The Chairman of the committee on the occasion offered special prayers for solidarity, integrity, progress and prosperity of the country, freedom of Kashmir and Palestine and for the Muslim Ummah.