By
Asif Farooqi, IOL Correspondent
ISLAMABAD,
November 5 (IslamOnline) - The Pakistani Central Committee for
sighting Ramadan crescent moon announced Tuesday, November 5, the holy
month would start Thursday November 7, as the crescent moon could not
be sighted anywhere in the country Tuesday.
A
special meeting of the government committee was convened in Peshawar
Tuesday to decide whether the Ramadan moon was sighted in the country
or not. Announcing the unanimous decision of the committee, which
comprises religious scholars from various school of thoughts, chairman
of the committee Muneebur Rehaman said the committee or its regional
members did not find evidence leading to the sighting of the Ramadan
moon till late Tuesday night.
Heavy
clouds covered the sky in most part of country on Tuesday. However, as
this committee also uses other sources besides the naked eye to find
evidence under Shariah for the moon sighting, it concluded that the
Ramadan moon would be sighted tomorrow, Wednesday 6 November
