AMN/ WEB DESK
The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee of Pakistan on Tuesday announced that Eidul Fitr would be celebrated on Wednesday (April 10) as the Shawwal moon was sighted.
The announcement came after a meeting of the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee at the Federal Secretariat’s Kohsar Block in Islamabad, while meetings of zonal and district Ruet-i-Hilal committees were held at their respective headquarters concurrently.
The meeting was chaired by Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad, and attended by the members of the Ruet-i-Hilal Committee, as well as officials from the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Suparco, and the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Addressing a press conference after the meeting, Maulana Azad said testimonies of moon sightings were received from majority of the country and hence Eid would be celebrated tomorrow.