KARACHI: The Sindh School Education and Literacy Department has revised the timings of all educational institutions in the province for the month of Ramadan.

A notification was also issued by the education department in this connection. In Ramadan, at all government and private schools in Sindh, classes will commence at 7:30am and continue till 11:30am from Monday to Thursday and on Saturday. On Friday, school timings will be from 7:30am to 10:30am.

The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will meet in Peshawar today (Wednesday) for the sighting of the crescent of Ramadan 1444 AH. Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Moulana Syed Muhammad Abdul Khabeer Azad will preside over the meeting. The Ruet body will meet in the building of Auqaf Department, Peshawar.

The meetings of zonal and district Ruet-e-Hilal committees will also be held at their respective offices. The committee for Islamabad will meet in the building of the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

Meanwhile, the PMD had forecast the possibility of a Ramadan moon sighting on March 22, (29th Sha’ban 1444 AH).

It said the new moon of Ramadan 1444 AH was expected to be born on the crossing conjunction point at 22-23 PST on March 21.