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According to the Ja'fari and Zaydi schools of thought the time period within which the Asr prayer must be recited is the following: Time begins: once the Dhuhr prayer (mid-day daily prayer) has been recited. [7] Time ends: at the beginning of the setting of the Sun. However, it is very important to recite the prayer as soon as the time begins.
History of Karachi. The area of Karachi (Urdu: کراچی, Sindhi: ڪراچي) in Sindh, Pakistan has a natural harbor and has been used as fishing port by local fisherman belonging to Sindhi tribes since prehistory. Archaeological excavations have uncovered a period going back to Indus valley civilisation which shows the importance of the port ...
Tablighi Jamaat (Urdu: تبلیغی جماعت lit. ' Society of Preachers ', [5] [6] also translated as "propagation party" or "preaching party") [2] [3] [4] is an international Islamic religious movement [2] [3] focuses on exhorting Muslims to be more religiously observant [1] and encouraging fellow members to return to practising their religion as per the Islamic prophet Muhammad, [7] and ...
Merewether Clock Tower or Merewether Tower (Urdu: میری ویدر ٹاور) [2] is a neo-Gothic clocktower built during the Victorian era in Karachi, Pakistan. [3] The tower is a landmark in central Karachi, and is at the termini of two of the most important roads in central Karachi: Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road and I. I. Chundrigar Road.
Iftar (Arabic: إفطار, romanized: ifṭār) is the fast-breaking evening meal of Muslims in Ramadan at the time of adhan (call to prayer) of the Maghrib prayer.. This is their second meal of the day; the daily fast during Ramadan begins immediately after the pre-dawn meal of suhur and continues during the daylight hours, ending with sunset with the evening meal of iftar.
Pakistan has experimented with Daylight Saving Time (DST) a number of times since 2002, shifting local time from UTC+05:00 to UTC+06:00 during various summer periods. Daylight saving time in Pakistan has not been observed since 2009.
At the time of independence, the population of the city of Karachi was 51.1% Hindu, 42.3% Muslim, with the remaining 7% primarily Christians (both British and native), Sikhs, Jains, with a small number of Jews. [8] The independence of Pakistan in 1947 saw an influx of Muslim refugees from India fleeing to settle. While the hindus staying in ...
Climate of Karachi. Coordinates: 24°51′N 67°02′E. Karachi has a tropical hot desert climate (Köppen: BWh; Trewartha: BWhb), albeit a moderate version of this climate, influenced by monsoons. Karachi has a tropical climate, despite being located slightly above the Tropic of Cancer. It is situated in the monsoon region of Pakistan.