The Central Committee of Rue-E-Hilal will meet in Peshawar today (Friday) for the observation of the Ramadan Moon. However, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said there was little chance of obtaining the Ramadan moon on Friday due to cloudy time.
The Rue-E-Hilal Central Committee will meet in Peshawar at 6.30 p.m. on February 28 to determine the start of the sacred month. The chairman of the committee, Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad, will chair the meeting after the ASR prayer.
According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs, zonal committees across the country will also meet separately to assess the observation reports of the Moon. The religious scholars of various schools of thought will participate in the central session.
The Met Office has planned partially cloudy conditions through Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, including Peshawar, over the next 24 hours. “Because of the cloudy time, the chances of seeing the Ramadan moon are weak,” said the ministry.
The PMD noted that at sunset, the age of the moon would be around 12 hours, with an angular separation of the moon at around five degrees – factors that could further reduce visibility.
