ISLAMABAD: The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee is meeting in Islamabad on Wednesday for sighting the crescent of Shawal 1442 AH.
The meeting is taking place under the chair of RHC Chairman Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad. Members from the central and zonal committees are in attendance. The central committee will make its decision based on testimonies from different parts of the country.
The zonal committees in Sukkur, Lahore, Karachi and Quetta have ended their meetings, declaring that the moon could not be sighted in the three cities.
The meteorological department in Peshawar has said that due to an unclear atmosphere, there are slim chances of the moon being sighted in the city.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department has said that the crescent moon will be visible when it is 20 hours and 40 minutes old.
It added that in Pakistan there is no area where the moon coincides with this age, indicating the possibility that it may not be sighted today.
Earlier, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry had tweeted that Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in Pakistan on Friday, May 14.
The minister had based his prediction according to the Ruet app and the calendar. However, Chaudhry had clarified in the same tweet that the final decision in this regard will be announced by the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee.
اگرچہ عید کا حتمی اعلان رویت ھلال کمیٹی نے کرنا ہے لیکن @MinistryofST کے بنائے گئے کیلنڈر اور Ruet App (رویت) کے مطابق چاند 13 مئ کو نظر آ پائے گا اور عید 14 مئ کو ہو گی۔
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) May 9, 2021
