ISLAMABAD: The meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will be held today (Monday) to sight the crescent for the Islamic month of Zil-Hajj 1444 AH.
Chairman Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad will preside over the meeting at the Pakistan Meteorological Department in Karachi.
Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony issued a statement. ==The meetings of zonal and district Ruet-e-Hilal Committees will also be held at their respective cities at the same time.
Representatives of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, SUPARCO, Department of Meteorology, and Ministry of Science and Technology will partake in the meeting.
If the moon is sighted today, the first Zil Hajj will be observed on June 20 (Tuesday), and Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated on June 29 (Thursday).
The Met Office earlier said that the birth of the moon was expected on June 18 at 9:37pm, which could be sighted on June 19.
The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee meets on the 29th of every Islamic month and makes the announcement after sighting the moon.
Meanwhile, the crescent for Zil Hajj has been sighted in Saudi Arabia and Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated in the kingdom on 28th of this month.
The day of Arafah — considered the holiest in Islam — will be on Tuesday (June 27) while the first day of Eid ul Adha will be celebrated on Wednesday (June 28) in the kingdom.
