Ok i was just trying to be a bit funny but since i’ve never heard the committee saying we’ve successfully sighted a moon for Shawwal or Ramadan so i prefer to call it Anti-Hilal or Hilal-Free committee. Since they announced the moon was not sighted so the 1st of Ramadan-ul-Mubarak will be on Friday,14th September 2007.

According to Moonsighting.com the Moon has been sighted at Mauritius and South Africa where its 1st Ramadan tomorrow, but in other parts of the world like Australia,UK etc the report is negative. According to a detail graphical report posted here it is nearly impossible to sight the Moon in Pakistan, but it could be in the Middle-Eastern states. So the report of the Hilal-committee Pakistan is hence Correct. No moon sighted and the curve is to appear in Pakistan’s longitude and latitude either by tomorrow to prove the 1st Ramadan the day after,hope i am correct as well.
The history of various people having different dates for the Eid and Ramadan in Pakistan is a very old story and mostly people in the tribal areas of the country or NWFP (not sure about other parts) are included in that. Since i belong to NWFP and i’ve lived in 2-3 different places so we have to go with our village for Eid and the government for Ramadan. Tomorrow there is no Fasting in Peshawar so i won’t be Fasting but i am not sure whether i’ll be able to complete the 30 or not or if it would go on to 31 like last time:P. Ok issue not solved but we’re ok with it , but there’s still one thing i am concerned about and that is if we and the Government can have the same dates for Shab-e-Mairaj,Muharram and other religious months, than why can’t for Ramadan… maybe we don’t have much trust over the government although as a Muslim and educated individual we should follow the government since they have technology and resources for the cause and that in Akhirat they can be held responsible.