Sheikh Abdullah Bin Al Manea said the holy month of Ramazan started on April 13 (Tuesday) will last 30 days until Wednesday, May 12 as the moon sighting is unlikely on Tuesday.
The weather department said that the new moon of Jamadi ul Awwal, 1442 AH will born on crossing conjunction point at 21:17 Pakistan Standard Time (PST) on 14 December, 2020.
The weather department in its statement said that the new moon of Safar, 1442 AH, will born on crossing conjunction point at 16:00 Pakistan Standard Time (PST) on September 17.
Fawad Chaudhry said that the moon of Shawwal will be visible in Sanghar, Badin, Thatta, Pasni and Jiwani, adding that the residents of the following cities can see the moon till 8:14 pm.
The Ruet-e-Hilal Committee has commenced its meeting at the Met Office in Karachi under the chair of Mufti Muneebur Rehman to witness Ramazan crescent.
There is good chance of sighting of the moon of Rabi-ul-Awwal on the evening of Oct 29, 2019 (Tuesday), i.e. 29th of Safar 1441 AH, weather department said.
Minister for Health and Information Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shaukat Yousafzai in a media talk today (Tuesday) said that Karachi's pollution made moon sighting difficult hence the miscommunication on the matter.
The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project undertaken by the KP government should be given under the supervision of Mr. Poplazai so that it may be met with timely success," said Mufti Muneeb with implied sarcasm