People buy dates at a market ahead of Muslim's fasting month of Ramadan in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar on April 13, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

A vendor arranges dates at a market ahead of Muslim's fasting month of Ramadan in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar on April 13, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

People buy dates at a market ahead of Muslim's fasting month of Ramadan in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar on April 13, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

Workers prepare vermicelli noodles used to make sweet dish during the fasting month of Ramadan in Prayagraj, India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, April 13, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

 
Muslims in Asian countries are celebrating the start of Ramadan, a festival that includes a month of fasting and prayer.

ISLAMABAD -- The Ramadan crescent moon was sighted in Pakistan on Tuesday evening and the holy month will officially begin on Wednesday, according to an official announcement from the country's moon-sighting committee.