Rabiul Awwal moon not sighted: 12th Rabiul Awwal to be celebratedon 29th

While holding presser, chairman said that there was no evidence of sighting of moon from any place in country

By News Desk
September 17, 2023
Chairman Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad, sighting the Muharram moon, on the rooftop of Deputy Commissioners office, Quetta, September 26, 2022. — X/@MORAisbOfficial
Chairman Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad, sighting the Muharram moon, on the rooftop of Deputy Commissioner's office, Quetta, September 26, 2022. — X/@MORAisbOfficial

ISLAMABAD: The moon of Rabiul Awwal 1445 Hijri was not sighted in the country, after which the 1st of Rabiul Awwal will be on Monday, September 18.

A meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee was held under the chairmanship of Chairman Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad at the Ministry of Religious Affairs to see the moon. While holding a press conference after the meeting, the chairman said that there was no evidence of sighting of the moon from any place in the country. So it was unanimously decided that the 1st of Rabiul Awwal will be on Monday, September 18. He said the 12th of Rabiul Awwal will be on September 29.