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‘Strong chance’ of Shawwal sighting on Tuesday: Met Office

KARACHI: The Met Office has stated that the Shawwal moon is likely to be sighted on Tuesday.

According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the birth of the moon will occur at 03:02 PM on Monday and its age will be four hours and sixteen minutes at sunset. The moon will be 28 hours and 16 minutes old at sunset in Karachi on Tuesday.

The Met Office has said that the moon will remain on the horizon for one hour after the sunset on June 4, and moon sighting is expected on Tuesday across the country including Peshawar.

The Ruet-e-Hilal Committee headed by chairman Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman will meet at the PMD office tomorrow in Karachi for moon sighting.

 

 

 

 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.