The announcement was made by Chairman of the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee, Mufti Munib ur Rehman, after chairing the meeting of the committee held at Meteorological (Met) Office.
He announced that Ramazan 1, 1433 Hijri, will fall on July 21, 2012.
The month of Ramazan began in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen on July 20, as well as for Lebanon’s Sunni Muslims.
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what a load of non sense....... and every single year we fast and celebrate BOTH eids later than the rest of the world.... and the worst part is... eid-ul- adha has nothing to do with moon sighting.... its obvious that pakistan is trying hard not to follow saudi arabia ( which is what they call it when you argue that this is wrong) they dont realize that there is are thousands of other muslims elsewhere who do the moon sighting... its like saudi is a thorn in their backs...
This is the first time when Ramadan is being started through out Pakistan on the same day and hope that Eid shall be celebrated on the same day whereas in some areas of KPK last time Ramadan and Eid were one day earlier than in the other three provinces.Thanks to Pathans on it....... Most especially important Ramadan teaches us patience,tolerance,calmness and tranquility and trains us for the facing of any types of circumstances either positive or negative and grows in our souls humility,humanity,honor,grace,respect and dignity for ourselves and for the others.Therefore we have never to take Holy Ramadan as an ordinary month.
Mark my words, we non-muslims will be attacked if we try to eat or drink during ramzaan in ISLAMIC pakistan.
Why Mufti takes such long time to take decision? He should be made bound to announce the decision within two hours after Maghreb prayers. His long meetings and delayed decisions create panic and controversies in public. RAMAZAN MUBARAK TO ALL PAKISTANIS. Please pray for welfare of every body.
@Hisham: This is not an anomaly. If you study the sharia'ah, you will come to know that Ramazan begins in a country when moon is sighted in any part of country. So in pakistan, Ramazan can only begin when moon is sighted in this country, not in any other Muslim country.
Ramazan Mubarak to all :)
Holy Month of Ramadan - Congratulations to my Muslim brothers and sisters. Keep close watch on price hike.
It was obvious that they will announce moon sighting. Its a practice every year that we celebrate Ramadan/ Eid next day in Saudia.
Why were they so late to convene for the moon sighting. This mufti sahib manages each year that ramadan in pakistan is one two day later compared to other muslim nations. No one in pakisyan question this anomaly. Why?
May there be peace and happiness in this holy month all the muslims in the Land of Pure.
Ramadan Mubarak to everyone. Besides eating good and healthy Iftaris we should also try to seek forgiveness for all what we have been doing to this beloved country. May Allah show all of us the RIGHT PATH!
Ramdhan Kareem. May shower his blessings on all of us. I pray for the prosperity of Pakistan.
Wish a happy and prosperous Ramadan to all muslim ummah all over the world
happy ramadan
May this Ramdan bring good for Pakistan and the whole world.
happy ramadan , please pledge this ramadan of not killing innocent people and animals just for fun or festivals :)
Cool story bro.
Mufti once again did it
May this Ramadan bring peace and tranquility among the nation. Ameen
My dream is to see Pakistan a prosperous nation like other nations in the world.
Ramadaan kareen and lets pray for protection of alll minorites mislims and mon muslims.
Wish you all a very happy and blessed ramzan
Ramadan Mubarak everyone !
Ramadan Kareem...