'Yaum e Ashur' to be observed on November 15

KARACHI: The month of Muharramul Haram has been commenced today while the Day of Ashura will be observed on November 15 (Friday), ARY News reported on Tuesday.

Earlier, the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee had met on Monday at Meteorological Complex in Karachi for sighting Muharram moon. Committee chairman Mufti Muneebur Rehman presided over the meeting.

Furthermore, With the start of Muharramul Haram on Tuesday, the concerned authorities of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan has imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Penal Code while Sindh government has not taken a decision yet to impose Section 144.