In pakistan first Ramadan would be on 2nd September Tuesday

Sighting Reports

August 30, 2008 (Saturday):

No sighting reports are expected on August 30. However, Nigeria has claimed to see the moon on Saturday.

Maulana Sultan Alam (MCW member) from Karachi Pakistan reported: Not Seen
I tried to sight the moon in Karachi but not sighted, it was partially cloudy and polluted. On my request, members of personal moon-sighting committees of our institute (Jamia-tur-Rasheed) and my friends tried to sight the moon at 23 places all over Pakistan, but result was nil. Nearly, all reporters are religious scholars. They tried at these places, weather was different at different places :Karachi (at 5 places), Tando-Allah yar, Peshawar, Multan, Pishin, Malakand, Hyderabad, Shorkot, Sargodha, Sheikhopura, Muzaffarabad, Swabi, Badeen, Battal, Abbotabad, Kohat, Quetta. Gujranwala, Mansehrah.
Note: It was certain that the crescent would not be sighted anywhere in Pakistan tonight because moonset occurred before sunset and conjunction was after nearly 6 hours of sunset. In spite of these facts, we tried to sight the moon only to increase the trust of common people upon the Science of Moon-sighting and because the people becomes confused due to the 29th day according to the Ummul-Qura calendar.

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