1st Muharram on 8th December, Ashura on 17th

Dunya News

Muharram-ul-Hara'am moon has not been sighted; hence 1st Muharram would be on 8th December while Ashura would be on 17th December, 2010, Dunya News reported on Monday. Mufti Muneeb-ul-Rehman presided over the meeting of the central Royat-e Hila Committee in Karachi. Scholars from different schools of thought, representatives of meteorology department, Pakistan Navy personnel and officers of religious ministry participated in the meeting. It was told during the meeting that no evidences for sighting the Muharram moon were received from any part of the country. After the meeting Mufti Muneeb-ul-Rehman officially announced that the moon was not sighted in any part or city of the country.