PESHAWAR: The Central Route Hilal Committee has announced the sighting of the new moon of Ramadan 1442 AH.

Happy Ramdan

According to news reports, the central meeting of the Ruwit-e-Hilal Committee was held in Peshawar under the chairmanship of Maulana Abdul Khyber Azad to observe the month of Ramadan.

In addition, meetings of zonal and district committees were held in the respective offices in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Quetta and other cities in which members of the Ruwit-e-Hilal Committee, scholars and concerned officials participated.

The zonal and district committees collected the evidence received regarding the sighting of the moon and sent it to the Central Sighting Hilal Committee.

Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai, head of the non-governmental Ruwit Hilal Committee, was also taken into confidence for fasting on the same day in the country.

Evidence of moon sighting was received in different cities of Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Hyderabad and Balochistan.