Quetta: Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee presided over by Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad announced that Muharram-ul-Haram moon of new Islamic year 1444 AH had not been sighted in country.

Muharram will thus begin on Sunday, July 31 while Ashura Muharram 10 will fall on Tuesday, August 9. Meeting sighting new moon took place at Deputy Commissioner’s Office here.

Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Moulana Syed Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad presided over the meeting, which took place at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Quetta.

“In pursuance of the decision of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, in its meeting held today at Quetta, the federal government in the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony hereby announce that the moon of the Muharram-ul-Haram 1444 AH has not sighted, therefore the 1st Muharram-ul-Haram shall commence from Sunday (July 31), the statement released by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony read.