Muharram moon sighted, Ashura on October 1

KARACHI: The Ruet-e-Hilal Central Committee announced on Thursday that the moon of Muharram-ul-Haram has been sighted and the Ashura will fall on October 1 (Sunday). 

Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman presided over the meeting over sighting the moon of Muharram-ul-Haram, which was held in Karachi on Thursday.  

The moon was first sighted by a zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committee in Islamabad, which then informed the central committee about it.