Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

International

Saudi Arabia announces first day of fasting on thursday

Saudi Arabia announces first day of fasting on Thursday

Saudi Arabia today officially announced the beginning of the holy month of fasting (Ramazan) from Thursday (March 23).

The Kingdom’s Supreme Court today said, “The crescent moon was not sighted on Tuesday evening in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, Thursday (March 23), will be the start of the holy month of Ramazan. 

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice said, “It has launched an electronic system for crescent sighting with the aim of automating and governing the moon sighting processes, and unifying work procedures between the courts of first instance and the Supreme Court.” 

Importantly, over 1.9 billion Muslims across the world will observe the holy month, starting from Thursday. During fast, Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, and smoking from “dawn until sunset”.

Moreover, in Pakistan, the holy month of fasting is expected to begin tomorrow (March 23).

Federal Minister for Energy Division Engineer Khurram Dastgir said that there will be no load-shedding across the country during Sehr-o-Iftar time.

Minister stated this a day ahead of the beginning of the holy month of fasting. Ruet-e-Hilal committee is set meet today for moon-sighting to announce the beginning of Ramazan, probably from Thursday.

He said, “There will be no electricity outage during two hours of Sehri, one hour during Iftar and two hours during Tarawih.”

Availability of electricity is deemed essential during sehr-o-iftar timings in the fasting month. Electricity enables the believers to make adequate arrangements with convenient to start and finish their fast.

He pointed out that in case of transformer fault/failure, additional transformers will be made available. Special teams have been formed to tackle the complaints in an urgent manner, he added.

Meanwhile, this time, the minimum amount for the deduction of Zakat is Rs 103,159 in Pakistan.

In 2022, the application of Nisab (Zakat) was deducted from minimum amount, Rs 88,927.

The Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety today announced the Nisab for collection of Zakat on the 1st of Ramazan, starting from March 23.

Like the past, Zakat will be deducted at source _ from saving accounts, profit and loss sharing (PLS) accounts and other accounts, having at least Rs103,159 or above balance.

Every year, Zakat is deducted on the first day of the holy month of Ramazan. On this day, banks remain closed for public dealing with the aim to deduct Zakat

Avatar photo
Written By

I am an experienced writer, analyst, and author. My exposure in English journalism spans more than 28 years. In the past, I have been working with daily The Muslim (Lahore Bureau), daily Business Recorder (Lahore/Islamabad Bureaus), Daily Times, Islamabad, daily The Nation (Lahore and Karachi). With daily The Nation, I have served as Resident Editor, Karachi. Since 2009, I have been working as a Freelance Writer/Editor for American organizations.

Economy

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: The International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, will help Ugandan authorities to establish a Halal Authentication Laboratory in...

Articles

Daesh gunmen killed at least 143 Russians in an attack on a concert mall in Moscow and injured dozens of others. The callous attack...

Latest Updates

The Russia’s Interior Ministry stated on Saturday that the four suspected gunmen arrested after Friday night's deadly attack were foreigners, with some media outlets...

National

Islamabad – President Asif Ali Zardari bestowed Pakistan’s supreme civilian honor, “Nishan-e-Pakistan,” upon Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud, on...