Sources: The News (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier tonight, following a meeting of Pakistan's central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, its Chairman, Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman, announced that the first day of the holy month of Ramazan will fall on Sunday, August 23, 2009, as the moon of new month had not been sighted today.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Pakistan Confirms August 24 Ramadan Bank Holiday
Sources: The News (Islamabad) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Earlier tonight, following a meeting of Pakistan's central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee, its Chairman, Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman, announced that the first day of the holy month of Ramazan will fall on Sunday, August 23, 2009, as the moon of new month had not been sighted today.