Ramadan moon sighted in Pakistan

This was announced by the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Pakistan head Maulana Abdul Khabir in a press conference a short while ago after chairing a meeting of the committee in Peshawar.

Meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Pakistan was held under the leadership of Maulana Abdul Khabir was held on April 13 here in Peshawar to sight the moon.

Earlier, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry had predicted in separate tweets in early April that the first fast in Pakistan this year would be on April 14.

The moon of Ramzam , 1442 AH will be sighted on the evening of April 13, 2021, and the first Ramzan will be on the 14th April, 2021 ( InshaAllah). The moon will be clearly sighted in Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar and Karachi.

— Ministry of Science & Technology (@MinistryofST) April 3, 2021

The Ramadan moon will be clearly visible in Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar and Karachi, the statement said.

رمضان کا چاند 13 اپریل کی شام کو لاہور،اسلام آباد،پشاور سمیت کئ دیگر شہروں میں واضع طور پر دیکھا جاسکے گا اور چودہ اپریل کو پہلا روزہ ہو گا۔ خدا یہ رمضان سب کیلئے رحمت اور برکت کا باعث کرے آمین https://t.co/d0DXRoRQaw

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 3, 2021

For the first time, the Central Committee had formed Ruet-e-Hilal Committees at the district level to ensure that eyewitnesses were inspected.

It is noteworthy that the moon-sighting committee in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that the first day of Ramadan will be April 13, Tuesday. The committee said that the crescent moon wasn't sighted on Sunday evening and the decision was made accordingly.