The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee announced on Wednesday that the Ramazan moon had been sighted and the first of the holy month would fall on Thursday (tomorrow).

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The announcement was made by Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee chairman Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad at a press conference in Peshawar, dawn.com reported.

The committee met at Peshawar’s Eidgah. Separate meetings of the zonal and district Ruet-i-Hilal committees were also held at their respective headquarters.

A powerful earthquake of Magnitude 6.6 on ritcher scale jolted Fayzabad, Afghanistan on Tuesday evening, National Center for Seismology said.

The tremors has been felt in parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, according to witnesses.

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“Earthquake of Magnitude:6.6, Occurred on 21-03-2023, 22:17:27 IST, Lat: 36.09 & Long: 71.35, Depth: 156 Km ,Location: 133km SSE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan,” National Center for Seismology tweeted.

There were no immediate reports of casualties from Tuesday’s quake.

At least 11 people were killed in a gun attack on a convoy of a local political leader in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, IANS reported.

Senior Superintendent of police of Abbottabad Syed Mukhtar Shah told local media that some unknown armed men intercepted the convoy and opened indiscriminate firing in the Langra village of the Abbottabad district on Monday evening, Xinhua news agency reported.

According to the police, the deceased include Chairman of the sub-district Havelian Atif Munsif Khan, his four private security guards, a policeman and others who were returning after attending a funeral.

The official added that police are investigating the incident but cannot provide any details, adding that it is not clear yet whether it was an attack by terrorists.