Ruet-e-Hilal committee session will be held on 17th June

KARACHI: The Ruet-e-Hilal Committee responsible for the sighting the new moon, that will signal the start of the holy month of Ramzan will meet on Wednesday the 17th of June.

Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman will preside over the central committee session in Karachi at the Meteorological Department office on University road.

In Saudi Arabia, the Supreme Court has called upon Muslims to sight the moon on Tuesday night and to report any sightings – whether by naked eye or telescope – to the nearest court.

However astronomers in the Kingdom are skeptical of sighting the new moon on Tuesday night and expect Ramzan to begin on Thursday in Saudi Arabia.