Srinagar, March 22 -- - As Ramazan moon was not sighted anywhere in India or Pakistan till late hours on Wednesday Kashmir Grand Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam, like many others, made his customary announcement about the first day of fasting starting from Friday.

However a late night announcement from the neighbouring country that the Ramazan moon has been sighted put many of them in quandary. Interestingly Grand Mufti this time around maintained his stand breaking from the tradition of following Pakistan on the matters related to moon sighting.

Nasir-ul-Islam had said that no evidence from any part of the J&K was received about sightings of Ramazan moon and therefore, the first day of the fasting month will be on Friday (March 24).

However afte...