Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated all the Muslims on the new Islamic year and said that the first month of the Islamic year is Muharram, special prayers should be made to Allah Ta’ala at the beginning of it.
According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Media Office on Saturday, he said “Happy New Year 1444H from me to the entire nation. I pray to Allah Almighty that the new Islamic year will prove to be a year of peace, good and prosperity for the entire Muslim Ummah including Pakistan. Let’s pledge to make the New Year a year of erasing mutual grudges, correcting our mistakes and adopting religious and political tolerance”.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif further stated that Muharram is a great month in Islam and the month of Muharram is included in the four holy months.
He said that the world should adopt the tradition of not fighting in these four holy months.
He said that the entire world can be made a cradle of peace by truce in these four holy months.