The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has shared some good news for Karachiites during Ramadan 2023, a month when Muslims around the world worship and fast.
Chief Meteorologist Sardar Sarfaraz said that the intensity of the heat is expected to decrease during the first ten days of the holy month.
Pakistan will most likely observe the first day of Ramadan on March 23, according to Sarfaraz, as the country prepares for the holy month’s festivities and prayers.
The weatherman predicted that the holy month of Ramadan would fall on March 23, so the first fast would most likely be observed on Thursday.
He did, however, state that the sky should remain clear so that the moon can be seen clearly.
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The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has also announced that the Ramadan moonsighting meeting will take place on March 22.
The meeting, which will take place after the Asr prayer at the Provincial Auqaf Department in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, will be presided over by Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Moulana Syed Abdul Khabir Azad.
Meanwhile, the weatherman also said that some areas of Karachi will keep receiving rain till March 20, while also noting that compared with the last two or three years, the country has seen more rain.
But he also added that this year, Pakistan might see fewer downpours compared to 2022.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), prayer, reflection, and community. A commemoration of Muhammad’s first revelation, the annual observance of Ramadan is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam and lasts twenty-nine to thirty days, from one sighting of the crescent moon to the next.
