Summary Committee says no evidence from any part of country was received about moon sighting.
KARACHI (Dunya News) - According the Markazi Route-e-Hilal Committee no evidence was reported from any part of the country regarding the sighting of Ramzan moon.
In a press conference in Karachi Tuesday night, Chairman Route-e-Hilal Committee Moulana Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman confirmed that the moon of Ramzan had not been sighted, and no such evidence was reported from any part of the country.
He said all zonal committees and 48 centers have agreed that moon had not been sighted.
He particularly mentioned that the members of committee from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had informed him that moon was not sighted in any part of the province.
“So it has been unanimously decided that first of Ramzan will start from July 11 (Thursday), he said.
Mufti Muneeb thanked federal minister for religious affairs and the minister for religious affairs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for their cooperation.
Central and provincial committees met in Karachi, Peshawar, Lahore and Quetta to sight the moon, but no reports of moon sighting were received.
The meeting of the Markazi Route-e-Hilal Committee that took place in Karachi was attended by Met, SPARCO and Pakistan Navy officials.
In Peshawar Mufti Shahabuddin held an independent meeting in Masjid -e-Qasim to take a decision about the first of Ramzan.
Meanwhile, announcements were made Tuesday night through loudspeakers from mosques in Mohmond Agency areas that first Ramzan will start from Wednesday.
Zonal member of the committee from Lahore, Allama Maqsood Ahmad Qadri said no evidence of moon sighting was received from Lahore and other parts of Punjab.
Met office had earlier said that there was no chance of moon sighting on Tuesday.
