KNZ NEWS DESK
The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee, presided over by its Chairman, Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman, announced on Thursday that the Muharram moon had been sighted in Islamabad.
The 10th of Muharram will consequently be observed in Pakistan on Sunday, October 1.
The committee had convened in Karachi this evening to sight the moon, as is customary before the start of each month of the Islamic calendar.