Eid-ul-Adha 2025 date in Pakistan: The central committee convened in Islamabad under the chairmanship of Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad. Representatives from the zonal Ruet-e-Hilal committees, Suparco, the Meteorological Department, and other concerned bodies were present at the meeting.
Zonal meetings were also conducted in key cities such as Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, and Quetta, but none of them reported any sightings of the moon.
Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Confirms No Crescent Sighting Across Pakistan
In Lahore, the zonal committee met at the Auqaf House, chaired by Mufti Muhammad Ramzan Sialvi. Among the attendees were Meteorology Director Abdul Aziz, Mufti Karim, and Maulana Mukhtar Ahmed Nadeem. After the session, Mufti Sialvi told the media that the moon was not visible during the designated sighting window, which ended at 7:43 pm in Lahore and 7:49 pm across Punjab. No credible reports of moon visibility were received.
Similar outcomes were reported in Karachi, where the zonal committee, led by Allama Hafiz Salafi, confirmed the absence of any moon sightings across Sindh. In Karachi, the official time for moon sighting was set until 7:51 pm.
In Peshawar, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa zonal committee held its session at the Auqaf Hall. It also reported no sightings, attributing the difficulty to the moon’s young age—just 12 hours old—and poor visibility caused by dusty weather conditions. The Meteorological Department reaffirmed the low probability of a sighting, stating that the final decision rested with the central committee.
Experts from Suparco had earlier projected slim chances of spotting the crescent, noting that the moon’s age at sunset was only about 11 hours—well below the threshold typically needed for visibility.
Later in a press briefing, Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad confirmed that the moon had not been sighted anywhere in the country
