Sources: Associated Press Of Pakistan (Karachi) and Pakistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The head of Pakistan's Ruyat-e-Hilal (moon sighting) committee, Mufti Mufti Munibur Rehman, has announced that the upcoming month of Rabi-ul-Awaal would begin on January 14, meaning that the upcoming non-working public holiday in Pakistan marking the birthday of the Prophet will be on Friday, January 25, 2013. [full story]