QUETTA: The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee on Saturday announced that the Muharram moon has not been sighted in the country, hence the first of Muharram will fall on July 8, according to a Dawn.com report.

Accordingly, the Ashura — Muharram 10 — will be observed on July 17.

Addressing a press conference in Quetta, committee chairman Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad said that no testimony was received from any part of the country about the sighting of the moon.

It was thus consensually decided that the first of the month would be observed on July 8.

Maulana Azad said Muharram was counted amongst the most sacred months with many historic events taking place in it.

Published in Dawn, July 7th, 2024